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Marty's persuasive speech was about gun control and school violence. He made the statement, "Either we take guns out of the hands of everyone in this country, except the police and military, or we can expect massacres in schools all over this country." This kind of argument represents?

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This kind of argument represents either or fallacy

Step-by-step explanation:

It is also called black and white fallacy, excluded middle, false dilemma or false dichotomy. This fallacy occurs when a writer or speaker, builds an argument upon the assumption that there are only two choices or possibilities or possible outcomes when actually there are several.

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