OT - Gun I.Q. Self Test

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OT - Gun I.Q. Self Test

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No polls, no facts collected, just a self test. Quick, easy and informative (for me, anyway). Ashamed to say I only scored an 8...
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Tricky wording....they said crime VICTIMS used a gun to defend themself....where I would have posited that a victim had NO means to protect himself, or he would not have been a victim...anyway...... I got 8, as well.....
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I got a 9. I figured Switzerland was more armed than the US
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edwardyoung wrote:I got a 9. I figured Switzerland was more armed than the US
I got an 8 as well for this and the other reason mentioned. I just read that there are other countries with higher PER CAPITA firearms possession rates.
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I got 8 but would have got 9 if I hadn't hit the wrong button on one of them.
Not bad since its all American and I'm not.
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edwardyoung wrote:I got a 9. I figured Switzerland was more armed than the US
Same here.
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Perfect score.

I've always been a good test-taker, though.

The only one I wasn't sure about was "Using a gun to resist a criminal is dangerous to your own safety."

Technically, the introduction of a firearm obviously increases the potential danger, but statistics show that firearms users rarely have their guns turned on them.
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Thanks! Passed it on. 9 out of 10 - "US most heavily armed" - I'm still not sure about that one. :D The "victims often use guns for self defense" - well, I guess if you're forced to defend yourself you're a victim in some peoples' minds. I "erred on the side of PC" and got it right. :D Now to wait for the feedback from passing it on...
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7 of 10... I should have realized it was FSU offering it and there were no trick questions.

I would have thought the Swiss were a runaway favorite for the most armed though.

Put the questions in another form and they would be less questionable as to the meaning.
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edwardyoung wrote:I got a 9. I figured Switzerland was more armed than the US
I too thought of the Swiss or Israel, scored a 9
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10 out of 10
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I aced it, too :oops: - but like others here, I've always been good at tests.

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I scored a 9 because the first question is somewhat misleading with the word "victim".
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10 of 10. The "shall issue" question was somewhat suggestive as to illegal aquisition of handguns.

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9 of 10 also--"most heavily armed" seems so hard to believe when you don't see many people carrying...
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8 here. :?
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Got hung up like everyone else on the heavily armed question, thinking it was a percentage versus absolute numbers. IIRC, Israel would be more heavily armed than the US on a percentage basis.
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:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :oops:
It would have helped if I'd seen the word 'not' in one of the questions... :lol:
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edwardyoung wrote:I got a 9. I figured Switzerland was more armed than the US
I thought Switzerland or maybe Finland.

And I had a problem with the "victims often use guns for self defense"... define "often" as a percentage because I wont buy the "more times than not" definition that is often associated with "often".
Hey I just noticed that the more you type "often" the weirder it looks...
Often
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I got a 10 for 10, on my second attempt! :D Only got 9 the first time!
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8 -- No excuses. Just didn't read all the questions thoroughly.
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got 9 but this was not a clear test. The questions were worded in legaleese!
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mklwhite wrote:
edwardyoung wrote:I got a 9. I figured Switzerland was more armed than the US
I thought Switzerland or maybe Finland.
Me too, also thought that Sweden and Norway would be in there too as I read somewhere that "Scandinavian countries have the highest percentage of households with firearms". I'll dig it up, it said that 2/3 of the homes in Norway have a firearm of some sort and the other's are right behind.
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Got 9
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Doesn't anyone find it interesting that this was a Pro-Gun quiz, posted on a College Website??? Perhaps political stances are slowly changing in the world of higher education?

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I was pleasantly surprised to get a 7.
We are better off than I feared. :)

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Old Time Hunter wrote:
mklwhite wrote:
edwardyoung wrote:I got a 9. I figured Switzerland was more armed than the US
I thought Switzerland or maybe Finland.
Me too, also thought that Sweden and Norway would be in there too as I read somewhere that "Scandinavian countries have the highest percentage of households with firearms". I'll dig it up, it said that 2/3 of the homes in Norway have a firearm of some sort and the other's are right behind.
Maybe they don't own as many guns, but have higher percentage of gun owners?
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