美參議院否決槍支改革提案

Eight days after the deadliest mass shooting in American history, the U.S. Senate voted down a series of proposals to restrict those eligible to buy firearms and expand screening of gun purchasers.

美國發生歷史上最慘重槍擊案8天過後，參議院否決了有關限制購槍和擴大購槍者背景調查的一系列提案。

Late Monday, Republicans blocked two proposals that Democrats championed after Islamic State-inspired shooter Omar Mateen killed 49 clubgoers and wounded 53 others just over a week ago in Orlando, Florida.

一週前，奧馬爾·馬丁在佛羅里達州城市奧蘭多開槍打死49人，打傷53人。星期一晚間，共和黨籍參議員否決了民主黨人提出的兩項控槍議案。

One measure would block those on a variety of federal terror watchlists, including those barred from flying, from buying guns. Another would expand mandatory background checks for firearms purchases to include gun show and Internet sales.

其中一項提案禁止被列入聯邦政府恐怖觀察名單的人購買槍支，包括在禁飛名單上的人。另一項提案規定，擴大對購槍者的背景調查，包括在槍展和互聯網上的槍支購買。

Both measures failed to get the three-fifths backing required to be attached as amendments to pending legislation in the Senate.

這兩項提案都沒有獲得五分之三的支持票，因此不能作爲修正案附加在參議院準備付諸表決的議案中。

Republicans said they could not vote for any proposal that did not provide a means for those wrongly placed on the terror watchlist to contest the government’s determination, alleging the Democratic measure would deny Americans their constitutional right to bear arms without due process of law.

共和黨籍議員們表示，提案中沒有爲那些被錯誤列入恐怖觀察名單的人提供申訴的途徑，因此他們不能投票支持。他們還指責民主黨籍議員的提案在不通過正常法律程序的情況下剝奪憲法賦予美國公民的擁槍權利。