Which of the Following Scenarios Best Exemplifies the Weapons Effect

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which of the following scenarios 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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Definitions:

Management By Exception

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LMX

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