CR: Crimes

Question

Another CR...

Beyond700 · Answer

'E' seems irrelevant to me

old_dream_1976 · Answer

speaker x does not say money is a problem 

A - its not about money but about the guns and the effect of guns. 


BTW. Couple of years back i fired a 9mm smith wesson semi auto for the first time at a range . It is a weird feeling. You cannot not think what if it had hit someone.

CHEN · Answer

A

jaynayak · Answer

Will go with E.


Though speaker X doesnot mention money, but Speaker Y mentions using public funds for a better use. Hence cost of retraing and cost of 9mm is somewhat relevant.

E talks about criminals using 9mm guns. But the enitre discussion is what gun should be used by the police force.

ps_dahiya · Answer

Should be A.

E is relevent. If we come to know that many civilian murders are by 9mm handguns then its relevent to speaker X and he can say that we need these guns because most criminals also have the same type of guns. If we come to know that most of murders are not by 9mm handguns then speaker Y can use this information.

pelihu · Answer

I'm going to guess E for this one.

It's a tough choice between A & E, but I think that A can be eliminated because cost does have some small relevance. The comparison is made between the 9mm guns, and the cost of retraining the police. in this way, the training is dependent on the cost.

E is just totally irrelevant because the issues is about police use of 9mm guns, not criminal use.

sperinko · Answer

I too feel (E) is the correct answer.
(A) seems relevant - if the cost of retraining with current machines (0.38)is cheaper than buying new 9mm guns, they may decide the former.

haas_mba07 · Answer

OA is E as per jaynayak's explanation...

Although I went for A myself... tells you that reading all the choices is critical and not jump to an answer.

GMATT73 · Answer

Yes, (E) is out of scope, and therefore the most irrelevant here. Police do not always  intentionally  aim to kill a suspect. 

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dwivedys · Answer

Late but E.

sumitsarkar82 · Answer

Yup went in with the same logic....

sperinko · Answer

Took a loooooooong time on this one to select (E).

vc019 · Answer

E is the least of the evils :twisted:

xsports · Answer

Don't see what the confusion is. 
Speaker Y clearly states 'better use of public funds', indicating that the cost of the gun is a relevant factor.

E it is.

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