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: How can a people defend themselves from the government, unless they are able to maintain the same weapons as the government has?
 Sent2: Making guns illegal wouldn't solve anything except to take them away from people that want to defend themselves.

SOLUTION: Not similar

PROBLEM: Sent1: Countries that ban guns or implement stricter laws concerning firearms have lower crime rates.
 Sent2: The reality is that in developed nations with stricter gun laws than the US there are less outlaws owning and using guns.

SOLUTION: Similar

PROBLEM: Sent1: If guns are banned, there will obviously be less guns in circulation.
 Sent2: A gun ban would make guns on the same level as drugs....

SOLUTION:
Not similar