TASK DEFINITION: We would like you to classify each of the following sets of argument pairs (discussing Gun Control)  into either SIMILAR or NOT SIMILAR. A pair of arguments is considered SIMILAR if the arguments are about the same FACET (making the same argument), and is considered NOT SIMILAR if they do not have the same FACET. A FACET is a low level issue that often reoccurs in many arguments in support of the author's stance or in attacking the other author's position.
PROBLEM: Sent1: Only why would you need gun registration if guns were illegal?
 Sent2: Are you sure that it is ENTIRELY illegal to own a firearm, or is it possible to obtain a permit for one?

SOLUTION: Not similar

PROBLEM: Sent1: I think we recognize that gun control laws can reduce the number of criminals owning guns although not disarm every criminal.
 Sent2: Strange isn't where the law abiding are disarmed by the gun control idea of wet dream laws yet there are still firearms floating about the criminal classes.

SOLUTION: Similar

PROBLEM: Sent1: The founding fathers built the government so that it could not become so powerful as to strip us of our rights.
 Sent2: This 'flimsy' piece of paper guarantees our rights as citizens, it protects us from our own government and it protects us from foreign governments.

SOLUTION:
Similar