Gun Always Unreasonable
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- Criminal Law1
Example wrong choices
14643_daniels_watch_party · CRIMINAL_LAW · Choice Aconvicted, because the use of deadly force was unreasonable under the circumstances.
Why it's attractive
Students may think a gun is automatically disproportionate against a knife.
Why it's wrong
Claims deadly force was unreasonable despite the death threat, knife, and advance; anchor-assisted cut.
Spot it next time
Name the self-defense force triangle before judging proportionality.
14643_daniels_watch_party · CRIMINAL_LAW · Choice Bconvicted, because he had a clear opportunity and duty to retreat.
Why it's attractive
The open front door makes retreat feel available.
Why it's wrong
Centers retreat despite the home/no-retreat trigger.
Spot it next time
Mark the home fact before the retreat fact.
14643_daniels_watch_party · CRIMINAL_LAW · Choice Cacquitted, because he did not intend to kill Peter.
Why it's attractive
It quotes a true fact: Daniel intended only to scare Peter.
Why it's wrong
Uses a true mental-state fact but not the dispositive self-defense reason.
Spot it next time
Between acquittal answers, pick the reason that uses the defense cluster.
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