The laws regulating firearms are not enough to explain the number of gun deaths in a
society. To see this, consider the following: both the United States and Canada have
fairly lax gun laws, allowing people to buy and possess a variety of weapons without
a lot of government oversight or regulation. At the same time, the rates of death due
to firearms are markedly different in the two countries.
The passage contains an argument; the final conclusion is: Both the United
States and Canada have fairly lax gun laws
The passage contains an argument; the final conclusion is: The laws regulating
firearms are not enough to explain the number of gun deaths in a society.
The passage contains an argument; the final conclusion is: The rates of death
due to firearms are markedly different in the USA and Canada.
An explanation, not an argument
Neither an explanation nor an argument
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