The Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees everyone the right to bear arms. Therefore it should be legal for those undercover Al Qaeda members to buy a carload of shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles.
A) Accident.
B) Appeal to unqualified authority.
C) No fallacy.
D) You, too (tu quoque).
E) Appeal to force.

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This is an example of an accident fallacy, also known as a sweeping generalization. The speaker is using the Second Amendment to justify the sale of extremely dangerous weapons to known terrorists, which is a dangerous and illogical argument.

The Second Amendment to the Constitution Guarantees Everyone the Right