In a discussion about gun control policies, Aaron says, "Well, if you let politicians ban automatic assault rifles, pretty soon they'll want to regulate all guns. And if you let them regulate all guns, pretty soon they'll try to ban all guns. And once you ban all guns, then only the criminals will have guns and then there will be school shootings every day because the criminals won't have to worry about else shooting them when they pull a gun." What kind of reasoning fallacy is Aaron using?

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Diaz

Social Studies

2 May, 00:40

In a discussion about gun control policies, Aaron says, "Well, if you let politicians ban automatic assault rifles, pretty soon they'll want to regulate all guns. And if you let them regulate all guns, pretty soon they'll try to ban all guns. And once you ban all guns, then only the criminals will have guns and then there will be school shootings every day because the criminals won't have to worry about else shooting them when they pull a gun." What kind of reasoning fallacy is Aaron using?

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Rodney Aguirre · Answer 1

Slippery Slope

Explanation:

Based on the information provided in the question it seems that Aaron is using a Slippery Slope reasoning fallacy. This fallacy refers to when an individual claims that a when a relatively small event occurs it causes a chain or events to unfold that end up in some big and significant effect. Which seems to be the case when he states that "if politicians ban automaitc assault rifles then it will eventually cause mass school shootings every day".