Chapter 5: Gun Control

Question 1

What are the 2 types of interventions used to control guns?

Answer 1

Supply side and demand side

Question 2

Firing warning shots is normally a good idea if you can control the area where the projectile will land.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Many law enforcement agencies require their officers to be armed at all times, even when off duty.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Firearms will never be able to be removed from offenders.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Firearms are the primary mechanism in most homicides.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Accidental firearm fatalities are the highest category of firearms mortality. That is, “most firearm deaths are the result of accidents, not homicides”.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Which Supreme Court case addressed recommendations for good firearms training for law enforcement officials?

Answer 7

Popow versus Margate

Question 8

Conducting background checks may make a short-term contribution to violence reduction or suicide, but probably will not have a long-term effect on keeping firearms out of reach of offenders.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

This law made handgun ownership subject to a license in New York (Since this time, New Yorkers have been restricted from owning handguns.)

Answer 9

The Sullivan Law

Question 10

This law addressed “Saturday Night Specials”, mandated higher age limits on firearms purchases, and banned purchases by felons and persons with mental illnesses.

Answer 10

The Gun Control Act of 1968