Author Question: Which of the following is FALSE regarding gun violence in the United States? A) Sixty percent of ... (Read 66 times)

burton19126 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Which of the following is FALSE regarding gun violence in the United States?

A) Sixty percent of murders in the United States were committed with firearms.
B) When non-outlaws buy guns, they have a lower chance of being killed with a gun.
C) When Washington D.C. passed a law restricting handguns, there was a significant drop in gun-related homicides, but not in non-gun-related homicides.
D) Homicide rates in the United States are higher than in countries that don't allow firearms.

Question 2

Research on capital punishment suggests

A) it is a deterrent to homicides.
B) in comparing different countries, those employing capital punishment had slightly higher homicide rates.
C) in states employing capital punishment, the homicide rates were lower than states that did not have capital punishment.
D) none of the above