1. handgun
   pepper spray
2. Twinkies

That's right, you can carry it on your keychain but not into battle.

1. chewed musket balls
   exploding musket balls
2. poisoned bullets

There was fear that these projectiles might maim or cripple soldiers and cause even more suffering before death.

1. Long Range Acoustic Device
   tear gas
2. rubber bullets

Tear gases are nerve agents that target pain-detecting nerves in the human body.

1. Arusha Agreement
   Geneva Protocol
2. Nassau Agreement

Of course, the Geneva Protocol hasn't always proved to be totally effective.

1. 1925
   1946
2. 1962

The horrors of chemical weapons in WWI helped to spur action.

1. No one knows.
   phosphene gas
2. mustard gas

It causes lung tissue to break down, making it hard for humans to breathe.

1. American Civil War
   WWI
2. WWII

The Germans first used it against Canadian and British soldiers; eventually the Allies used it, too.

1. 2 to 3 hours
   12 to 24 hours
2. It happens immediately

In the meantime, anyone who is exposed can spread the poison to other people.

1. 1994
   1988
2. 1981

The 10-year ban signed by President Clinton was designed to reduce domestic gun violence.

1. Results were inconclusive.
   The ban worked.
2. The ban didn't work.

There didn't seem to be any clear evidence showing that the ban was truly effective.

1. landmines
   hand grenades
2. napalm

The U.S. did not sign the treaty, which became law in 1999.

1. nerve agent
   biological agent
2. Atomic bomb

It is odorless and has the viscosity of motor oil, making it dangerous and messy.

1. 10 mg
   100 mg
2. 1 g

Inhalation exposure can cause symptoms to appear immediately.

1. Australia Group
   Treaty of Versailles
2. Washington Arms Conference

The 1922 conference came just a few years after the chemical terrors of WWI.

1. Munich Agreement
   Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
2. Geneva Protocol

The pits use sharpened vertical spikes in a hole; victims fall and are gouged or impaled, causing inhumane suffering.

1. blinding lasers
   nuclear weapons
2. weapons of indiscriminate nature

Indiscriminate weapons (like landmines) hurt everyone, including people who have no part of the fighting.

1. incendiary weapons
   nlinding laser weapons
2. explosive remnants of war

Specifically, it bans weapons that cause permanent blindness, not those of a temporary nature.

1. 1925
   1971
2. 1993

Thanks in part to this agreement, most of the world's chemical weapons have been destroyed.

1. explode on contact
   spread suffocating gases
2. kill people

The idea of suffocating people didn't seem to appeal to anyone; only one major country (U.S.) didn't sign the agreement.

1. Any situation that could result in the asphyxiation of soldiers
   Any circumstance that could trap the intended targets
2. Any situation that may involve civilians

So on a normal battlefield, you can go right ahead with your flame throwing fun.

1. 78
   163
2. 212

The agreement essentially banned all biological weapons.

1. If the enemy is hiding there.
   If there only a few civilians in proximity.
2. If there are WMDs in the area.

Unless there is a military objective in the woods, you can't just randomly drop incendiary weapons.

1. WWI
   WWII
2. Korean War

Compared to WWI, chemical weapons weren't used much; this, of course, doesn't take into account chemicals used in the concentration camps that murdered millions of people.

1. Non-detectable materials tend to be toxic.
   Doctors can't remove fragments they can't find.
2. Non-detectable materials tend to shatter bones.

Weapons like plastic landmines can leave fragments that doctors can't find and remove, causing the victim even more suffering.

1. small nuclear warhead
   anthrax
2. poison gas

In addition to the immediate deaths, civilians suffered birth defects and lingering injuries for years.

1. The bullets expand when they hit humans.
   They can be packed with poisons.
2. They cause fractures that don't heal.

The expanding bullets "bloom" when they strike flesh, causing all sorts of damage.

1. balloon-launched projectiles
   landmines
2. repeating rifles

This was just before the beginning of modern flight, which would revolutionize war.

1. They tend to use more powerful charges.
   They hurt more civilians than soldiers.
2. They use non-detectable fragments.

If landmines are timed to destroy themselves, the hope is that they won't hurt innocent civilians after the conflict ends.

1. incendiary grenades
   nuclear bombs
2. landmines

It was only a partial ban, so activists pursued the Ottawa Treaty, which was signed later.

1. poisoned bullets
   Canons that fired multiple lead balls at one shot
2. muskets

It made Strasbourg the first agreement to ban chemical weapons.