Gun Violence Prevention: Alarming Statistics and Urgent Solutions

Jeopardy Gun Violence Prevention By: Clare James and Ayla Kaufman Winter Kallah 2014

Question 1 - 10 • More than ___ American kids live in homes with unsecured guns. • 10 million • 800,000 • 2 million • 7 million

Answer 1 – 10 • C. 2 Million

Question 1 - 20 • Americans are __ times more likely to be murdered with a gun than people in other developed countries. • 75 • 20 • 3 • 16

Answer 1 – 20 • B. 20 Times

Question 1 - 30 • ___% fewer women are shot to death by their intimate partners in states that require background checks for all handgun sales. • 45% • 84% • 21% • 38%

Answer 1 – 30 • D. 38%

Question 1 - 40 • The US has an estimated ___ million guns in civilian hands. (These are guns that have been purchased legally and are registered.) Pew Research Center (2009) • 283 • 100 • 30 • 659

Answer 1 – 40 • A. 283 Million

Question 1 - 50 • The average number of guns per owner has increased from 4.1 in 1994 to __ in 2004 • 6.9 • 3.7 • 9.5 • 8.0

Answer 1 – 50 • A. 6.9

Question 2 - 10 • __ of people killed by guns are between the ages of 18-35 • 1/5 • 2/3 • ½ • 45/199

Answer 2 – 10 • C. 1/2

Question 2 - 20 • More than __ people are shot and murdered each day. • 18 • 30 • 52 • 74

Answer 2 – 20 • B. 30

Question 2 - 30 • __ of gun related deaths are of people under the age of 20 • ¼ • 5/6 • 3/8 • 1/3

Answer 2 – 30 • D. 1/3

Question 2 - 40 • More than ____ people are killed by firearms each year in the US. • 21,000 • 30,000 • 1 million • 500,000

Answer 2 – 40 • B. 30,000

Question 2 - 50 • Homicide is the _____ leading cause of death among 15-24 year-olds. • Second • First • Eighth • Forth

Answer 2 – 50 • A. Second

Question 3 - 10 • Annually there are more than _____ gun homicides in the US. • 700 • 3,000 • 10,000 • 55,000

Answer 3 – 10 • C. 10,000

Question 3 - 20 • Annually there are less than _____ gun homicides in Japan. • 5 • 50 • 500 • 5,000

Answer 3 – 20 • B. 50

Question 3 - 30 • The state with the highest annual gun death rate per 100,000 people. • Texas • Ohio • West Virginia • Louisiana

Answer 3 – 30 • D. Louisiana

Question 3 - 40 • The US is home to __ out of the 25 most deadly shootings in the last 50 years worldwide. • 5 • 10 • 15 • 20

Answer 3 – 40 • C. 15

Question 3 - 50 • One in ___ people in the US know someone who has been shot. • 1 • 3 • 5 • 9

Answer 3 – 50 • B. 3

Question 4 - 10 • The worst school shooting occurred at _____. Leaving 33 dead and many more wounded. The cause was unknown and the perpetrator then committed suicide. • Virginia Tech • Columbine • Newtown Elementary • Reynolds High School

Answer 4 – 10 • A. Virginia Tech

Question 4 - 20 • There have been ___ school shootings since Newtown in 2012. • 28 • 47 • 63 • 92

Answer 4 – 20 • D. 92

Question 4 - 30 • There have been ___ school shootings since 1992. • 100 • 387 • 821 • 4,000

Answer 4 – 30 • B. 387

Question 4 - 40 • In 2011, __% of high school students carried a gun on school property. • 5 • 7 • 13 • 29

Answer 4 – 40 • A. 5%

Question 4 - 50 • The most recent school shooting was _____. • June 2014 • December 2013 • October 2014 • September 2012

Answer 4 – 50 • C. October 2014

Question 5 - 10 • ___ out of 10 Americans agree that we should have universal background checks, including three out of four NRA members. • 1 • 2 • 8 • 9

Answer 5 – 10 • D. 9

Question 5 - 20 • ___ percent of online sellers agreed to sell guns to investigators posing as buyers who couldn’t pass a gun background check, which is a felony under federal law. • 29 • 34 • 62 • 90

Answer 5 – 20 • C. 62

Question 5 - 30 • ___% of Americans live within 10 miles of a gun dealer. • 13 • 56.0 • 98.4 • 100

Answer 5 – 30 • C. 98.4%

Question 5 - 40 • ___ million guns were transferred without a background check in 2012. • 1.2 • 6.6 • 8.3 • 14.7

Answer 5 – 40 • B. 6.6 Million

Gun Violence Prevention: Alarming Statistics and Urgent Solutions