Deck 3: Aiding and Abetting Violence

Question 1

The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS)requires a background check by the _____ or a state point of contact on all persons applying to receive firearms from a registered firearms dealer.

A) ATF
B) IRS
C) FBI
D) Department of Homeland Security

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The _____ is perhaps the most powerful lobbying organization in Washington,DC,and claims that any legislation aimed at controlling the possession of guns by citizens infringes upon their rights.

A) NRA
B) IRS
C) Secret Service
D) ATF

Answer 2

A

Question 3

According to the National Crime Victimization Survey,approximately ______ male violent crime victims face an armed offender.

A) one in five
B) one in two
C) one in three
D) one in ten

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which powerful lobbying association advocates on behalf of the interests of handgun manufacturers and distributors?

A) NASA
B) ATF
C) FBI
D) NRA

Question 5

Currently ______ states allow citizens to concealed firearms if state requirements are met.

A) 35
B) 20
C) 50
D) 13

Question 6

The jump in homicide rates witnessed in the late 1980s through to the mid-1990s was primarily attributable to an increase ______.

A) handgun homicides
B) rifles and shotguns
C) knives
D) hands and feet

Question 7

The term ______ in the Second Amendment creates some confusion since it isn't clear if it means that only a select group of citizens who serve as soldiers have the right to bear arms or if it is an individual right.

A) extremist group
B) parolees
C) mentally impaired
D) militia

Question 8

The production of handguns has increasingly moved away from revolvers to ______,which can fire more rounds and that now account for 80% of all handguns produced.

A) knives
B) semiautomatic weapons
C) assault tanks
D) rifles

Question 9

When asked why they own gun,Americans are least likely to cite which of the following reasons?

A) U.S. Constitutional right to bear arms
B) military experience/veteran
C) sportsmenship
D) personal and family protection

Question 10

Clearly,when cultural values tolerating violence are combined with the _____ effects of alcohol,the likelihood that violence will result-particularly in conflict situations-is higher.

A) habit
B) disinhibiting
C) addiction
D) violence

Question 11

The _____ suggests that when private citizens have weapons in their homes or are able to carry concealed weapons,they are less likely to be successfully targeted by criminals.

A) polite gun owners perspective
B) self-limiting argument
C) self-protection argument
D) regulations argument

Question 12

In ______,Congress again passed another gun control measure,the Assault Weapons Ban (AWB).

A) 1984
B) 1974
C) 2004
D) 1994

Question 13

______ occurs at many levels,including the federal,state,and local,but except where noted,the laws discussed here represent federal efforts at gun control legislation.

A) gun control measures
B) availability of handguns
C) gun control legislation
D) antitheft measures

Question 14

The availability of ______ increases the likelihood that a violent interaction will result in death.

A) guns
B) cannons
C) knives
D) machetes

Question 15

According to the National Crime Victimization Survey,approximately ______ females are victims of a violent crime by an armed offender.

A) one in three
B) one in seven
C) one in two
D) one in five

Question 16

Most studies that measure the relationship between alcohol and violence used the ______ to measure aggression.

A) aggression scale
B) violent scale
C) mental stability scale
D) Taylor paradigm

Question 17

The Armed Career Criminal Act of ______ imposed a mandatory minimum 15-year prison term on a convicted felon who had three previous convictions for robbery or burglary and who possessed or received a firearm.

A) 1984
B) 1974
C) 1985
D) 1994

Question 18

The major gun control law passed by Congress that mandated criminal history background checks on persons applying to purchase firearms from federally licensed firearm dealers is called the ______.

A) Armed Career Criminal Act
B) Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Bill) of 1993
C) Firearms Owners' Protection Act of 1968 (FOPA)
D) National Firearms Act of 1934

Question 19

There are three primary ways in which illicit drugs may be related to violence: violence that results from the ______ of drugs; violence that results from trying to support a drug addiction (e.g.,robbery); and violence resulting from the illegal selling of drugs.

A) psychoactive effects
B) correlational
C) experimental use
D) causal use

Question 20

The country with the highest number of guns per capita is ______.

A) Mexico
B) Iraq
C) South Africa
D) United States

Question 21

Explore the social learning theory,which contends that we learn aggression like any other behavior-by watching others and imitating their behavior as it relates to violence learned by children.

Question 22

During Prohibition,Congress passed two more bills,the National Firearms Act of 1934 and the Federal Firearms Act of 1938,which were both intended to decrease gang-related violence and also to control the illegal distribution of alcohol.

Question 23

In October 1919,the National Prohibition Act,also known as the Volstead Act,gave federal agencies the power to enforce the Sixteenth Amendment.

Question 24

The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 called for mandatory minimum sentences for the possession and distribution of drugs by their type and weight.Many scholars have termed the era we are now in as the War on Drugs.

Question 25

The first significant federal legislation concerning drugs occurred in 1914 when Congress passed the Ford Act,which served to make the nonmedical use of morphine and cocaine illegal.

Question 26

The primary strategy of the War on Drugs has been to amplify the legal penalties for trafficking and possession of illicit drugs; consequently,our nation has taken many prisoners of war.In fact,because of our War on Drugs,we now have one of the largest prison populations on earth-2.2 million- and this number doesnt include those in jail or on probation or parole.Discuss how the War on Drugs has especially affected minority subgroups within the U.S.population.

Question 27

The Sixteenth amendment outlawed the manufacture,distribution,and sale of alcohol.

Question 28

A substance that has been linked to violent behavior is phencyclidine,otherwise known as PCP,angel dust,ozone,whack,or rocket fuel.

Question 29

In Chapter 3,you learned about media and the relationship to violence in American society.Like most Americans,you have probably been exposed to-and may even enjoy-watching violent television shows,going to see the latest action or horror movie,or playing violent video games.Discuss the possible correlation between the media violence and violent behavior that is learned through human exposure,paying particular attention to childhood exposure to media violence.

Question 30

In 1939,Congress passed the Marijuana Tax Act,which levied a tax on anyone who sold marijuana.

Question 31

In the wake of urban rioting and the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr.and Robert Kennedy,Congress once again turned its attention to gun control by passing the Gun Control Act of 1968.