Logical Reasoning

PT10 · S4 · Q15 New legislation would require

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New legislation would require a seven-day waiting period in the sale of handguns to private individuals, in order that records of prisons could be checked and the sale of handguns to people likely to hurt other people thereby prevented.

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

15.

If the claim made by people opposed to the new legislation is true, which one of the following is a principle that, if established, would do the most to justify opposition to the new legislation on the basis of that claim?

The rights of law-abiding citizens
Trap
10% picked this
Correct
Nothing should be done to
Why this is right
Answer B is correct.
Skill tested: Principle-Strengthen · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
79% picked this
Legislation should not be enacted
Trap
7% picked this
No restrictions should be placed
Trap
4% picked this
Even citizens who are neither
Trap
1% picked this

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