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: Perhaps if other types of firearms were as strictly regulated as machine guns are then we could make some real progress in reducing gun violence and murder.
 Sent2: Perhaps if other types of firearms were as strictly regulated as machine guns

SOLUTION: Similar

PROBLEM: Sent1: Gun bans simple ban law abiding citizens from having guns.
 Sent2: where gun control laws prohibit good law abiding citizens from carrying a gun to protect themselves and others.

SOLUTION: Similar

PROBLEM: Sent1: It was felt by many (not all) at the time that such weapons were not military weapons and thus did not fall under the protection of the Second Amendment or the right to bear arms in their own state constitutions.
 Sent2: If the Second Amendment doesn't apply to the states then there is no Second Amendment legal protection against state gun laws (which would include any state laws that ban guns in school areas).

SOLUTION:
Not similar