TASK DEFINITION: We would like you to assess the QUALITY of each of the following argument (discussing Gun Control) and determine if the argument is Valid or Invalid. A valid argument is clearly interpretable and either expresses an argument, or a premise or a conclusion that can be used in an argument for the topic of gun control. An invalid argument is a phrase that cannot be interpreted as an argument or not on the topic of gun control.
PROBLEM: Or, to put it another way, more guns = more crime, and if we could stop the illegal gun running then we would have less guns = less crime.

SOLUTION: Valid

PROBLEM: How can a people defend themselves from the government, unless they are able to maintain the same weapons as the government has?

SOLUTION: Valid

PROBLEM: Also during the seventies and eighties, the government introduced new forms of noncustodial sentencing, including community service and early-release schemes even for career criminals.

SOLUTION:
Valid