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Which fallacy is exemplified in the following statements “Of course gun ownership should not be prohibited. You can kill someone with a hockey stick,
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Which fallacy is exemplified in the following statements “Of course gun ownership should not be prohibited. You can kill someone with a hockey stick, but no one proposes to ban ownership of hockey sticks.”?

A.

Slippery slope

B.

Weak Analogy

C.

Red Herring

D.

Straw Man

Correct option is B

The fallacy exemplified in the statement "Of course gun ownership should not be prohibited. You can kill someone with a hockey stick, but no one proposes to ban ownership of hockey sticks" is Weak Analogy.
A weak analogy is a fallacy that occurs when two things are compared that are not actually comparable. In this case, the statement is comparing the potential for harm of guns to the potential for harm of hockey sticks. However, the two items are not comparable because guns are specifically designed to kill, while hockey sticks are not.
A slippery slope fallacy is a fallacy that occurs when someone argues that taking one step will inevitably lead to a chain of events that will result in an undesirable outcome. A red herring is a fallacy that occurs when someone introduces an irrelevant topic to divert attention from the main issue. A straw man fallacy is a fallacy that occurs when someone misrepresents someone else's argument to make it easier to attack.

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