A)
Using the three steps discussed in class to help you, standardize the argument. Be sure to circle indicator words!
B)
Perform the S-Tests on the standardized argument.
C)
Diagram the argument.
1- Laws regulating gun ownership are wrong. Such laws are characteristic of fascist and authoritarian political regimes, not of free democratic regimes like our own.
Gun ownership by citizens is the only way to ensure that the government won’t overstep its authority, given that armed citizens would rise up to oppose tyrannical governments
For each premise, Satisfactory? For argument as a whole, Support? For argument as a whole, Sufficient?
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