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1. A person caught possessing a gun illegally and who has three or more prior violent felony or serious drug convictions will, if convicted, face a maximum sentence of fifteen years in prison.
  1. True
  2. False

2. Federal law prohibits people who have formally given up their U.S. citizenship from possessing any kind of gun or ammunition.
  1. True
  2. False

3. A person can be charged with a federal firearms crime in connection with a drug-trafficking crime or crime of violence only if that person had physical possession of the gun in question.
  1. True
  2. False

4. Only people who have previously been convicted of a firearms crime can be charged with a federal firearms crime in connection with a drug-trafficking crime or crime of violence.
  1. True
  2. False

5. The minimum sentence handed down to persons convicted of using, carrying, or possessing a firearm in connection with a drug-trafficking crime or a crime of violence is five years, with no parole.
  1. True
  2. False

 
 
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