在蓖麻毒信事件扰乱国会山的事务之前，议员正在准备备受期待的控枪立法投票，投票定于现在这个时间进行。

Before the ricin situation disrupted business in Capitol Hill, senators were preparing for the much anticipated vote on gun control legislations scheduled to be held this hour.

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一个年轻人捡起了一个蓝色的薄滤毒罐然后指向我，他的朋友看着笑倒了，他假装那是一个武器，还模仿一个小机关枪启动的声音。

A young man picked up a blue thin gas canister and pointed it at me to holds of laughter from his friend, he pretended it was a weapon and imitated the starter sound of a sub machine gun.

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You can poison them, you can strangle them, you can shoot them in the heart.

你可以下毒或是勒死他们,你可以朝他心脏开一枪

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