TASK DEFINITION: In this task you will be given a claim and a perspective. You should determine whether that perspective supports or undermines the claim. If the perspective could possibly convince someone with different view, it is supporting, otherwise it is undermining.
PROBLEM: claim: More gun control laws should be enacted.
 perspective: Assault weapons are not used in most crimes

SOLUTION: undermine

PROBLEM: claim: Capitalism is better than socialism.
 perspective: Socialism has changed historically to meet the challenges of the moment and is addressing those of the 21st century in new ways

SOLUTION: undermine

PROBLEM: claim: Puerto Rico should seek American statehood.
 perspective: Residents of Puerto Rico deserve the full political rights and citizenship of other Americans.

SOLUTION:
support