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Thousands of unregistered weapons are being turned in during Serbia's gun amnesty

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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Igor Bo?ic, news director for TV N-1 in Belgrade, about Serbia's amnesty program to turn in unregistered guns following back-to-back mass shootings.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

Two gun massacres² that together killed 17 people and injured 21 earlier this month shocked and then changed Serbia. Tens of thousands joined demonstrations³. They're demanding the removal of government figures and changes at media outlets⁴ that these protesters say promote violence. And there's been a government response, an amnesty program that's led to the surrender of more than 13,000 firearms and other weapons, according to Serbian officials. That includes rocket launchers, ammunition⁵ and other explosives. We've reached journalist Igor Bozic, news director for TV N1 in Belgrade, to talk about this. Welcome to the program.

IGOR BOZIC: Thank you for having me.

FADEL: So first, if you could explain this amnesty program. How does it work?

BOZIC: Actually, it works like, the government issue an open invitation to anyone who has got illegal weapon to give to the nearest police station. So no - they give one kind of deadline, it is 8 of June. So anyone who bring the weapon and give it to the police station, he can do that anonymously⁶. That means that they will not pick up any data. They will not press any charges against those people. So it actually goes well on this situation because it's quite unusual, like, a shooting that we never had in Serbia.

FADEL: Right.

BOZIC: And people try to use that opportunity to take - to get rid of the guns they've got in their homes. So it's unbelievable what we saw yesterday in a place called Duvaniste. And we can see even the rocket launchers that they are giving to the police.

FADEL: Now, the government has been under pressure to act since the two mass shootings. Serbia's education minister resigned a little over a week ago. There are calls for removal of the interior secretary. Is this government in trouble?

BOZIC: I think it is because so many people on the street that we saw last Friday we - I think that we didn't see since the Milosevic crackdown. So it actually shows that people are very, very nervous about this. They are angry. And they want a reasonable response. So...

FADEL: Now - sorry.

BOZIC: Yeah. Vucic wants to respond with these kind of measures, like disarming⁷, like changing and making more policemen in the school than he previously⁸ had. But people are not satisfied. They want to see a kind of resignation, from a moral reason at least, from the security agency director and the interior minister. And they are not seeing it. So Vucic is now announcing elections and because he wants to stay on the power. And he thinks that by dismissing this government, maybe he can win again and to put things in the normal like it was before this tragedy.

FADEL: Just really quickly, why is gun ownership so high in Serbia? And will this culture change after these two massacres?

BOZIC: It's very hard to answer on that. But gun culture, I think it was in the history that anyone - I mean, if you look at the data, unofficial data, it is more than 1.5 million illegal weapons...

FADEL: I'm sorry. We'll have to leave it there. We're running out of time. Journalist Igor Bozic, news director for TV N1 in Belgrade. Thank you so much.

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1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 massacres   

大屠杀( massacre的名词复数 )； 惨败

参考例句：

• The time is past for guns and killings and massacres. 动不动就用枪、动不动就杀、大规模屠杀的时代已经过去了。 来自教父部分
• Numberless recent massacres were still vivid in their recollection. 近来那些不可胜数的屠杀，在他们的头脑中记忆犹新。

3 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

4 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 ammunition   

n.军火，弹药

参考例句：

• A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
• They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。

6 anonymously   

ad.用匿名的方式

参考例句：

• The manuscripts were submitted anonymously. 原稿是匿名送交的。
• Methods A self-administered questionnaire was used to survey 536 teachers anonymously. 方法采用自编“中小学教师职业压力问卷”对536名中小学教师进行无记名调查。

7 disarming   

adj.消除敌意的，使人消气的v.裁军( disarm的现在分词 )；使息怒

参考例句：

• He flashed her a disarming smile. 他朝她笑了一下，让她消消气。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We will agree to disarming troops and leaving their weapons at military positions. 我们将同意解除军队的武装并把武器留在军事阵地。 来自辞典例句

8 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。