identify and explain one fallacy that is committed in the passage. If you are a police officer, you own a billy club. You aren't a police officer, so you must not own a billy club.
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1Denying the Antecedent.
"If P, then Q."
"Not P, therefore Q."
You can get a Billy Club through other means. The exception is if you NEED to be a cop in order to get one, in which case you should say "If, and only if P, then Q."
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