In ads attacking House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R., Va.), Rep. Scott Rigell (R., Va.) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.), the National Association for Gun Rights suggests the three members’ support for background checks mean they support a federal gun registry.
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A pro-Republican super PAC employs a slippery slope argument in a 2012 ad that claims the Affordable Care Act creates an unelected board that would ration health care.
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Lt. Col. Bill Cowan’s assertion that “killing Americans overseas with drones” will lead to “killing Americans in this country with drones,” is an illegitimate slippery slope argument.
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When the campaign manager for Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell implies that a supposed federal gun registry will lead to government seizure of weapons, he is employing a slippery slope argument.
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