Answers to Guns and Crime in Canada Quiz

1. False. The typical murder victim is a man. Guns are only involved in about one out of three murders.
2. Increased. Gun murders have risen 21 percent; handgun murders now account for almost 60 percent of firearms murders.
3. a) under 30. Twenty-four women were killed by a current or former lover with a gun in 1994, the last year statistics are available.
4. Decreased. From almost 100 fatal firearm accidents each year in the 1980s to under 50 in the 1990s.
5. a) under 50. In 1998, the most recent year statistics are available, there were 31 firearm accidents.
6. b) between 500 and 1,000. In 1998, the most recent year statistics are available, there were 818 firearms-related suicides.
7. False. Firearms are involved in less than 25 percent of suicides.
8. True.
9. True.
10. a) 1930s. Handguns were first registered in Canada in 1934.

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