United States Marshals are allowed to carry loaded guns in the courtroom. But attorneys are officers of the court, no less than U.S. Marshals. Therefore, attorneys are allowed to carry loaded guns in the courtroom.
A) Weak analogy.
B) No fallacy.
C) Appeal to unqualified authority.
D) Hasty generalization.
E) Equivocation.

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This argument commits the fallacy of weak analogy, as it attempts to analogize the permission for U.S. Marshals to carry loaded guns in court with the permission for attorneys to do so based solely on their status as officers of the court. However, there are significant differences between the roles and responsibilities of U.S. Marshals and attorneys in the courtroom that make the analogy weak and unreliable.

United States Marshals Are Allowed to Carry Loaded Guns in the Courtroom