- 1. What is another term for gun control?
A) Civilian disarmament
B) Firearms regulation
C) Weapon abolition
D) Gun confiscation
- 2. What do gun control laws regulate regarding firearms and ammunition?
A) Historical preservation and museum display
B) Manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, or use
C) Exclusively military deployment
D) Only their manufacture and export
- 3. Who are gun control laws and policies applied to?
A) Civilians
B) Military personnel only
C) International peacekeeping forces
D) Law enforcement agencies exclusively
- 4. What do most countries allow civilians to do regarding firearms?
A) Carry them without restriction
B) Own them
C) Export them globally
D) Ban them entirely
- 5. What is the intent behind strict firearms laws in most countries?
A) To increase manufacturing profits
B) To phase out metal production
C) To promote recreational hunting
D) To prevent misuse or violence
- 6. As of 2026, what type of firearms laws do very few countries have?
A) Non-existent
B) Extremely restrictive
C) Monarchical
D) Permissive
- 7. Which country is cited as the paradigmatic example of a minority with permissive gun laws?
A) Indonesia
B) Japan
C) The United States
D) Australia
- 8. At what levels may gun control measures be implemented in countries like Australia or the United States?
A) Only at the international level
B) Exclusively through municipal decrees
C) Solely by military command
D) National, state, or local levels
- 9. Which countries have constitutionally protected rights to gun ownership?
A) Canada and the United Kingdom
B) China and Indonesia
C) The United States and Mexico
D) Australia and Japan
- 10. What type of weapons are typically identified by the class known as small arms in gun control contexts?
A) Warships and fighter jets
B) Nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles
C) Chemical and biological weapons
D) Revolvers, self-loading pistols, rifles and carbines, assault rifles, and some machine guns
- 11. How is the term 'gun control' viewed in the United States?
A) Technically precise
B) Politicized and polarized
C) Obsolete and meaningless
D) Universally accepted
- 12. What alternative term do many gun control advocates prefer to describe their objectives?
A) Total disarmament
B) Weapon confiscation
C) Gun-violence prevention
D) Civilian stripping
- 13. What term do gun-rights advocates often use to refer to gun control?
A) Peaceful mediation
B) Common-sense regulation
C) Gun safety
D) Disarmament
- 14. In which two countries are discussions on gun control and gun rights noted to be more prevalent than others?
A) The United States and Canada
B) Japan and China
C) Australia and Indonesia
D) Yemen and Mexico
- 15. What did a 2011 survey of 28 countries across five continents find about civilian firearm ownership?
A) Most countries allow some form of civilian firearm ownership
B) No countries allow civilian ownership
C) Every country treats ownership identically
D) All countries ban civilian ownership
- 16. According to the 2011 survey, what is a major distinction between different national gun control regimes?
A) The average cost of ammunition
B) The preferred method of hunting
C) Whether civilian gun ownership is seen as a right or a privilege
D) Whether weapons are made of steel or plastic
- 17. Which two countries were found by the 2011 study to view gun ownership as a basic right of citizenship?
A) Canada and China
B) The United States and Yemen
C) Australia and Japan
D) Indonesia and Mexico
- 18. How are gun control policies classified in countries where gun ownership is viewed as a basic right of citizenship?
A) More permissive
B) Non-existent
C) More restrictive
D) Temporary
- 19. How is civilian gun ownership considered in countries sampled other than the United States and Yemen?
A) A fundamental human right
B) A privilege
C) A constitutional mandate
D) An absolute duty
- 20. What are gun control policies like in countries where gun ownership is considered a privilege?
A) More permissive
B) More restrictive
C) Completely unregulated
D) Voluntary
- 21. How might gun rights in the United States be seen by many countries that view gun ownership as a privilege?
A) Inadequate in scope
B) Too permissive
C) Too restrictive
D) Irrelevant
- 22. Which regional countries are noted for being particularly strict regarding gun ownership?
A) North American countries
B) European countries
C) Middle Eastern countries
D) East and Southeast Asian countries
- 23. How do East Asian countries usually feel about the gun control and gun rights debate?
A) More indifferent
B) Extremely passionate
C) Deeply polarized
D) Constantly protesting
- 24. Which specific countries enact strict controls on gun ownership in Asia?
A) Australia and Canada
B) The United States and Indonesia
C) Japan and China
D) Yemen and Mexico
- 25. What is the maximum potential punishment for illegal gun ownership in Indonesia?
A) Mandatory community service
B) 20 years in prison, life in prison, or the death penalty
C) Temporary confiscation of weapons
D) A small monetary fine
- 26. What do almost all European countries restrict gun ownership to pertain to?
A) Personal defense and military service
B) Recreational collection and trade
C) Law enforcement support
D) Hunting and sport
- 27. What is required for gun ownership in almost all European countries?
A) Congressional approval
B) Military endorsement
C) Constitutional amendment
D) Licensure with background checks
- 28. What do gun control advocates prefer to call their objectives instead of 'gun control'?
A) Forced forfeiture
B) Gun safety
C) Weapon seizure
D) Civilian disarmament
- 29. What phrase is also favored by gun control advocates instead of 'gun control'?
A) Common-sense regulation
B) Confiscation policy
C) Total firearms ban
D) Militia disarming
- 30. How many countries were included in the 2011 survey mentioned in the text?
A) 10
B) 100
C) 50
D) 28
- 31. Across how many continents were the countries in the 2011 survey located?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Five
D) Seven
- 32. In which region is illegal gun ownership punished particularly harshly, such as in Indonesia?
A) Western Europe
B) South America
C) East and Southeast Asia
D) North America
- 33. What aspect of small arms does gun control attempt to regulate internationally and domestically?
A) Solely their recycling process
B) Manufacture, trade, possession, use, and transport
C) Only their advertising and marketing
D) Exclusively their artistic design
- 34. Which country is noted alongside the United States as having a constitutionally protected right to gun ownership?
A) Indonesia
B) Japan
C) Mexico
D) Australia
- 35. When did ECOSOC issue a resolution underscoring the responsibility of UN member states to regulate civilian ownership?
A) Mid-1990
B) 2001
C) December 2000
D) July 1997
- 36. According to the July 1997 ECOSOC resolution, what should be established to prevent undesirable persons from owning firearms?
A) A licensing system
B) A psychological testing center
C) A mandatory waiting period of one year
D) An international tribunal
- 37. What mechanism was suggested in the July 1997 ECOSOC resolution to promote the surrender of illegal, unsafe, or unwanted guns?
A) Exemption from criminal liability
B) Public commendation ceremonies
C) Guaranteed employment in security
D) Monetary rewards exceeding market value
- 38. What type of system was recommended to track civilian firearms in the July 1997 ECOSOC resolution?
A) A public online registry
B) A satellite tracking system
C) A record-keeping system
D) An artificial intelligence monitoring network
- 39. In what year was the United Nations International Study on Firearm Regulation updated?
A) 1999
B) 1997
C) 2000
D) 2001
- 40. Where was the Centre for International Crime Prevention located?
A) Paris, France
B) Vienna, Austria
C) New York, USA
D) Geneva, Switzerland
- 41. Which government's pressure led to the removal of civilian ownership regulation mentions from the 2001 UN Programme of Action draft?
A) The UK government
B) The French government
C) The Mali government
D) The US government
- 42. How many regional agreements concerning aspects of civilian firearm possession have there been since 1991?
A) Eight
B) Ten
C) Five
D) Three
- 43. How many countries have been involved in the regional agreements concerning civilian firearm possession since 1991?
A) 193
B) 50
C) 110
D) 75
- 44. When was the Bamako Declaration adopted?
A) 1 December 2000
B) Mid-1990
C) July 1997
D) 2001
- 45. Where was the Bamako Declaration adopted?
A) Bamako, Mali
B) New York, USA
C) Vienna, Austria
D) Geneva, Switzerland
- 46. What 16th-century technological development made guns smaller and easier to conceal?
A) The flintlock
B) The percussion cap
C) The matchlock
D) The wheellock mechanism
- 47. In what year were wheellock firearms prohibited in Habsburg territories?
A) 1570
B) 1518
C) 1522
D) 1638
- 48. Where were bans on wheellock firearms widespread by the mid-16th century?
A) The Iberian peninsula
B) The Italian peninsula
C) The British Isles
D) Scandinavia
- 49. During the 16th century, European cities generally restricted carrying firearms in which areas?
A) Mountain passes
B) Urban areas
C) The countryside
D) Border regions
- 50. A Venetian official linked wider gun ownership in which city to a decline in homicides?
A) Ferrara
B) Venice
C) Brescia
D) Rome
- 51. What did an anonymous treatise from the 1570s question regarding firearms?
A) Their practical value for self-defense
B) Their historical origins
C) Their reliability in wet weather
D) Their manufacturing cost
- 52. Who issued a public ban prohibiting the carrying of firearms within the Papal States in 1638?
A) Cardinal Francesco Barberini
B) Pope Benedict XIV
C) Pope Innocent XIII
D) Pope Julius II
- 53. What short firearms were explicitly forbidden by Cardinal Barberini's 1638 ban?
A) Muskets
B) Wheellocks
C) Terzaroli
D) Matchlocks
- 54. What was the maximum penalty for carrying short firearms in towns under the 1638 Papal States ban?
A) Excommunication
B) Capital punishment
C) A monetary fine
D) Five years' galley service
- 55. In more recent years, calls for gun control have grown alongside a rise in what type of incidents?
A) Armed robberies
B) School shootings
C) Hunting accidents
D) Military coups
- 56. What was the estimated global supply of small arms in 2007?
A) 200 million
B) 875 million
C) 650 million
D) 270 million
- 57. What percentage of the global supply of small arms in 2007 was estimated to be held by civilians?
A) 50%
B) 25%
C) 75%
D) 90%
- 58. How many small arms were US civilians estimated to account for in 2007?
A) 270 million
B) 650 million
C) 200 million
D) 26 million
- 59. How many small arms were estimated to be controlled by national military forces in 2007?
A) 875 million
B) 1.4 million
C) 270 million
D) 200 million
- 60. Approximately how many small arms might law enforcement agencies have possessed according to 2007 estimates?
A) 10 million
B) 200 million
C) 26 million
D) 650 million
- 61. In what year did the US Federal Assault Weapons Ban expire?
A) 2020
B) 1994
C) 2013
D) 2004
- 62. What was the outcome of the Assault Weapons Ban of 2013 bill in the US?
A) It was passed and enacted
B) It expired after ten years
C) It was not passed into law
D) It was vetoed by the Prime Minister
- 63. When was the Canadian Criminal Code enacted?
A) 1977
B) 1892
C) 1951
D) 1934
- 64. Under the 1892 Canadian Criminal Code, what was required to carry a pistol unless the owner had cause to fear assault or injury?
A) A firearm acquisition certificate
B) A red flag license
C) A permit
D) An Order In Council
- 65. In what year did handgun registration become law in Canada?
A) 1977
B) 1951
C) 1934
D) 1892
- 66. When was automatic firearms registration added in Canada?
A) 1951
B) 2020
C) 1934
D) 1977
- 67. What Canadian legislation required firearms acquisition certificates (FACs) to purchase any firearm in 1977?
A) Bill C-21
B) Criminal Law Amendment Act
C) Canadian Criminal Code
D) Bill C-51
- 68. Following deadly shootings in which Canadian province did Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government ban 1,500 kinds of military-style semi-automatic rifles?
A) Nova Scotia
B) Ontario
C) Quebec
D) British Columbia
- 69. When did Bill C-21 come into effect in Canada?
A) 1 January 1977
B) 21 October 2022
C) 12 September 1892
D) 1 May 2020
- 70. Who is allowed to issue emergency weapons prohibition orders under Canada's red flag laws established by Bill C-21?
A) Prime Ministers
B) Courts
C) Gun rights activists
D) Civilian gun owners
- 71. What type of airguns did Bill C-21 prohibit that closely resemble real firearms?
A) High-velocity hunting air rifles
B) Low-velocity BB pistols
C) Pneumatic paintball markers
D) Mid-velocity "replica" airguns
- 72. Which specific popular rifle model was explicitly mentioned as being banned under the Canadian government's Order In Council on May 1, 2020?
A) The FN FAL
B) The M16
C) The AK-47
D) The AR-15
- 73. In which Australian state were gun control laws enacted in 1988?
A) Queensland
B) Victoria
C) New South Wales
D) Tasmania
- 74. Which event in 1996 contributed to a change in Australian gun ownership legislation alongside the Opinel shooting?
A) Melbourne bombing
B) Port Arthur massacre
C) Brisbane riot
D) Sydney siege
- 75. How many days after the Port Arthur killings was the National Firearms Agreement formed?
A) 3 days
B) 12 days
C) 30 days
D) 5 days
- 76. Who was the Prime Minister of Australia who proposed the National Firearms Agreement?
A) Bob Hawke
B) Tony Abbott
C) Paul Keating
D) John Howard
- 77. On what date was the National Firearms Agreement agreed upon?
A) 10 April 1996
B) 1 May 1997
C) 10 May 1996
D) 15 June 1996
- 78. What did a 1998 review generally find regarding suicide rates after gun control laws were enacted?
A) They remained unchanged
B) They increased
C) They fluctuated unpredictably
D) They declined
- 79. A 2016 review found that laws banning people under domestic violence restraining orders from accessing guns were associated with reductions in what?
A) Intimate partner homicide
B) Armed robberies
C) Suicide rates
D) Mass shootings
- 80. What amendment was inserted into the federal spending bill in 1996, affecting the CDC?
A) Second Amendment
B) Brady Amendment
C) Dickey Amendment
D) Heller Amendment
- 81. According to Mayors Against Illegal Guns, by what percentage has CDC funding for gun violence research fallen since 1996?
A) 96%
B) 10%
C) 100%
D) 50%
- 82. What type of concealed carry law was found by a 2005 study to possibly be associated with increased firearm homicide rates?
A) Complete prohibition
B) Shall-issue
C) May-issue
D) Constitutional carry
- 83. A 2011 study found that firearm regulation laws in the US have a significant deterrent effect on what demographic's suicide?
A) Elderly veteran suicide
B) Male suicide
C) Child suicide
D) Female juvenile suicide
- 84. According to a 2016 study published in The Lancet examining 25 laws, how many laws were associated with reduced firearm mortality?
A) Fourteen
B) Nine
C) Twenty-five
D) Zero
- 85. What did Mark Guis's study find regarding states with stricter concealed carry laws?
A) They had zero gun-related murders
B) They had a 10% higher gun-related murder rate
C) They had a 50% lower gun-related murder rate
D) They had a 10% lower gun-related murder rate
- 86. What did a 2014 study find regarding children living in states with stricter gun laws?
A) They participated in fewer sports
B) They were unaffected by state laws
C) They faced higher risks of injury
D) They were safer
- 87. Which US state has exceptionally strict gun sales laws and was found in a 2015 study to have the oldest guns recovered in crimes?
A) Arizona
B) Texas
C) Florida
D) California
- 88. According to a 2017 study, how much do waiting period laws that delay firearm purchases by a few days reduce gun homicides?
A) Roughly 5%
B) By less than 1%
C) Roughly 50%
D) Roughly 17%
- 89. According to the Economic Journal study in 2017, did mandatory handgun purchase delays cause a statistically significant increase in non-firearm suicides?
A) Only among teenagers
B) Only in certain states
C) Yes
D) No
- 90. How many studies published between 2004 and 2023 met the RAND Corporation's criteria of methodological rigor for their 2024 review?
A) Thousands
B) 4
C) 207
D) 18
- 91. Out of the 18 gun policies examined in the 2024 RAND Corporation review, how many had strong supportive evidence?
A) 10
B) 207
C) 4
D) All of them
- 92. Which year's review by the RAND Corporation analyzed thousands of studies published between 2004 and 2023?
A) 2016
B) 2024
C) 2017
D) 2015
- 93. In the 2017 study findings, states without universal background check and/or waiting period laws experienced what kind of change in suicide rates?
A) Faster decreases
B) No change at all
C) Steeper increases
D) Complete elimination of suicides
- 94. In what year was the permit-to-purchase law passed in Connecticut, according to 2015 studies?
A) 2004
B) 2000
C) 1995
D) 1991
- 95. According to a 2014 study, the repeal of Missouri's permit-to-purchase law was associated with what increase in homicide rates?
A) 16.1%
B) 25%
C) 10%
D) 16%
- 96. Which city's Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 was examined in a 1991 study?
A) Washington, D.C.
B) Missouri
C) Connecticut
D) New York City
- 97. What percentage of firearms used in violent crime can be traced to 1% of licensed dealers, according to a 2007 article?
A) Approximately 99%
B) Approximately 25%
C) Approximately 60%
D) Approximately 10%
- 98. What did the RAND Corporation study suggest minimum age requirements may do?
A) Increase violent crime
B) Increase accidental shootings
C) Have an inconclusive effect
D) Decrease suicides
- 99. Which laws were associated with a potential increase in violent crimes and suicides, according to the RAND Corporation?
A) Waiting periods
B) Child-access prevention laws
C) Background checks
D) Concealed carry laws
- 100. According to the August 2019 Business Insider article, mirroring firearms regulations from which country would decrease gun deaths and injuries?
A) The United States
B) Canada
C) Australia
D) Switzerland
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