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.
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Question: Sent1: Various groups have been unable to show that the criminal use of firearms leads to more deaths than the number of lives that are saved by private and legal gun ownership.
 Sent2: Private ownership of guns may indeed add to the number of weapons held by criminals, but it is not their major source of weapons.

Answer: Not similar


Question: Sent1: Keeping violent criminals in prison would do far more to reduce gun crime than banning guns.
 Sent2: Banning guns will not ban the threat of criminal violence it will just make the law abiding subject to the will and whim of the stronger thugs

Answer: Not similar


Question: Sent1: The number of background checks carried out for the purpose of buying a firearm have increased.
 Sent2: It's pointless people with criminal backgrounds aren't buying guns from gun stores (all of which already run background checks) there are no background checks on the black market and laws won't change that.

Answer:
Not similar