Your little Tommy wants a slingshot for his birthday, but you shouldn't give him one. If you do, next he'll want a B-B gun. Then a 22 rifle. After that it will be a high powered rifle, and then an Uzi and an AK-47. Soon he'll want a bazooka and after that an antiaircraft gun. In no time your home will become an armory.

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The argument is using the slippery slope fallacy, suggesting that allowing the child to have a slingshot will inevitably lead to them having increasingly dangerous weapons. This is an exaggeration and not necessarily true.

Your Little Tommy Wants a Slingshot for His Birthday, but You