Which Scenario BEST Exemplifies the Weapons Effect

question 172

Multiple Choice

Which scenario BEST exemplifies the weapons effect?

• A)A reporter goes to a gun show to cover a story for the local paper.On the way home he stops for lunch, and he finds himself acting aggressively and rudely to the waiter.
• B)A gun owner finds that she acts tougher and colder now that she owns a gun.
• C)A hardened criminal notices that a man has his hand in his pocket, and immediately assumes that the man is concealing a gun.
• D)A country learns that another country is experimenting with nuclear technology, and immediately assumes that the other country is planning an attack.

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