Select the logical fallacy used in this statement: If we ban semiautomatic weapons, it won't stop until handguns and rifles are banned as well, and then the criminals will have all the guns. Select one:
a.
Slippery Slope
b.
Ad Populum
c.
Ad Hominem
d.
There is no fallacy in this statement

A- Slippery Slope

Explanation:

A slippery slope fallacy is when someone claims, without proper evidence, that an action will lead to an often catastrophic consequence via a series of events.

Here, the statement claims that if semi-automatics are banned, so will handguns and rifles, however, doesn't provide any evidence that this is the case.

in 1859, charles darwin set out his theory of evolution by natural selection as an explanation for adaptation and speciation. he defined natural selection as the "principle by which each slight variation [of a trait], if useful, is preserved".