Vocabulary Chapter 5

Question 1

Assault Weapon

Answer 1

Semiautomatic rifles, pistols, and shotguns that are similar in appearance to military weapons. They can only fire one shot at a time.

Question 2

Boston Gun Project

Answer 2

Operation Ceasefire that originated in Boston.

Question 3

Brady Bill

Answer 3

Formerly known as the Handgun Control an Violence Protection Act was enacted to make it more difficult to purchase firearms from licensed dealers.

Question 4

Child Access Prevention Laws

Answer 4

A strategy for firearms control that restricts how firearms may be used. To promote these policies many police departments give away gun safety devices such as trigger locks.

Question 5

Demand-Side Interventions

Answer 5

An attempt to increase the cost of using illegally obtained guns, typically through street enforcement.

Question 6

Gray Market

Answer 6

Secondary firearms market (i.e., gun shows, private sales, etc.)

Question 7

Harm Reduction

Answer 7

Recommendations for reducing firearms violence using supply side strategies making it more difficult to obtain firearms and reducing the number of firearms in circulation.

Question 8

Operation Ceasefire

Answer 8

A federal initiative that attempts to reduce gun violence by youths and gangs, originated in Boston.

Question 9

Project Exile

Answer 9

Shifted the prosecution of illegal technical gun possession offenses from state to federal court, where they carried a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in federal prison.

Question 10

Project Safe Neighborhoods

Answer 10

Federal program designed to reduce gun violence. Involves prosecutors working closely with local law enforcement.