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1
In an average month, ___ women are shot by an intimate partner.
64
25
72
53
2
What year was Students Demand Action founded?
2017
2019
2018
2016
3
When was Everytown - Students Demand Action's umbrella organization - founded?
2018
2017
2015
2013
4
How many unintentional shootings by children have there been in Michigan in 2020?
10
4
8
0
5
Approximately how many gun injuries are there every year in the US?
68,750
47,300
52,750
73,330
6
Access to a gun, increases the likelihood of death by how much?
4x
3x
3.5x
2x
7
TRUE or FLASE: Red flag laws have been deemed constitutional in the courts.
False
True
8
What is the proper way to store firearms?
Locked
Separate from ammunition
Unloaded
All of the above
9
Approximately how many children and teens are shot and killed every year?
4,264
5,691
2,578
3,335
10
Approximately how many children under the age of 18 unintentionally shoot themselves
or someone else each year?
270
350
150
400
11
Over the past decade, the U.S. firearm suicide rate has increased by how much?
19%
13%
5%
9%
12
Firearm preemption laws ...
Prevent people from buying or owning firearms
Prevent mayors from passing public safety laws to keep their city safe
13
Amongst commonly used methods of self-harm, firearms have a fatality rate of approximately ___
85%
92%
76%
52%
14
How many Americans support universal background checks?
93%
64%
82%
48%
15
How do guns enter the illegal market?
Unlicensed private sellers at gun shows and over the internet
Straw purchasers
Gun traffickers
All of the above
16
An average of ___ veterans die by firearm suicide every year.
6,100
4,200
2,350
5,800
17
Approximately how many Americans are killed with a firearm everyday?
130
95
80
100
18
Red flags laws are effective in reducing ____
Mass shootings
Firearm suicide
All of the above
19
How many guns used in a crime were purchased in another state?
5%
18%
29%
37%
20
Due to an NRA-backed loophole - if a background check takes longer than ___, the sale can proceed without a green light.
1 week
3 days
1 month
3 weeks
21
Approximately how many American women alive today have been threatened with a gun by an intimate partner?
1.9 Million
965,000
4.5 Million
3.2 Million
22
Stand Your Ground Laws...
Do not deter crime
Are associated with an increase in firearm homicides
All of the above
Are racist & have a disproportionate impact on communities of color
23
What is a straw purchaser?
Someone who likes to buy straw
A farmer who purchases firearms
Someone with a clean background who buys a gun for another person
24
Approximately every ____, a child or teenager is wounded with a gun.
day
90 minutes
40 minutes
2 hours
25
What is the function of Red Flag Laws?
To warn law enforcement if someone is a danger to themself or others
To ban high capacity magazines which are often purchased before a shooting
To make sure there's a background check on every gun
To prohibit red flags from ever being used except for in construction
26
States with weak permitting systems experience an ___ increase in handgun homicide rates.
11%
7%
18%
14%
27
In an average year, how many hate crimes in the United States involve a firearm?
10,300
5,400
8,700
11,200
28
Black Americans are how much more likely than white Americans to die by gun homicide?
10x
3x
7x
5x
29
How many children & teens in the US live in a home where loaded guns are kept unsecured?
2.1 Million
5.2 Million
4.6 Million
890,500
30
Households that lock both firearms and ammunition have a __ lower risk of unintentional firearm injuries among children.
85%
73%
58%
92%
31
Which month has experienced the highest number of background checks on record?
March 2020
November 2016
September 2001
September 2008
