Emperors New Gun

Barry uses satire to convey a message about gun rights without making the message too harsh. Throughout his essay he mocks people who believe that anyone has the right to use guns. By stating things like “the danger that it will fall

\The right to bear clubs is a biting satire by Dave Barry in which he employs satire and many of its techniques to stealthily poke fun at heated topic of gun ownership and regulation in the United States. Berry seems to be targeting the governments poor handling of the gun crisis by using a “Ballistic Driver” golf club as an allegory for a firearm while bringing up arguments used for and against firearms. The audience for this particular work is relatively broad considering most everyone has an opinion on the topic, yet the reader could interpret the satire to be either for against Americans’ right to bear arms. Just reading along the surface, Barry’s work could easily appear to lean towards firearm possession but after reading deeper and picking up on the more

Guns are vital in today’s society, dividing the country, especially families with debates over the use of guns. Sarah Vowell is a citizen who disagrees with the use of guns, talking about her experience with a gun and her family in her essay “Shooting Dad”. Using many rhetorical techniques in her essay, she sends a message within her story, telling the audience reading her story that guns are not worth it. Vowell’s use of many different techniques helps the story come to life, explaining her life with guns around and how someone gets weak when someone has a gun around.

Lastly, to persuade the readers who have not been persuaded he uses kairos and tells the reader to put themselves in a life threatening gun situation to show them how much safer they would feel simply by having a firearm to protect themselves and others. Although, Jeffrey Goldberg uses all of the aristotelian appeal correctly he does have a weakness to his argument which is loaded language, by suggesting if a victim were not to stand up and fight an attacker they would be a coward. This is his biggest weakness but also strengthens his argument suggesting by carrying a weapon regular civilians would be able to stand up and fight

There had always been an overabundance of guns in Sarah’s household, causing constant obstacles for her. She said herself that “Guns were everywhere”(Shooting Dad) and went on to explain that “[Guns were] leaning into corners, an entire rack right next to the TV”(Shooting Dad). Because her father was a Republican and favored the second amendment, he felt that it was his right and privilege to have as many guns around as he liked and push his opinion onto others, including his own daughter.

In the cartoon it shows a little boy knocking on the door of the National Rifle Association, the man at the door hands the little boy two–twenty three caliber guns, as he smiles. The man has wrapped the guns in what is supposed to be the 2nd amendment. This paper will focus on gun control and kids.

"Battleground America," written by Jill Lepore, provides a strong history of guns and the way they have changed in the eyes of the American through the years. She proves her point with strong evidence throughout her article, sprinkling it with opinion and argument that is strongly supported. She presents her argument to convince her audience that the open availability of guns allows citizens to undeservingly purchase them by displaying the credibility in her sources, using negative connotations in her speech, and the strength and objectivity only a strong logos appeal can provide.

Guns are one of the most controversial and debated-upon topics in America today. In the Constitution, Americans are given “the right to bear arms,” and many Americans are proud of and believe strongly in that right. Though, that right has been constantly misused. Homicides by gun are at a higher rate in the United States than any other country in the world, mass shootings are at an all time high (many of which have occurred in the past two years alone), and terrorism has been at an all-time high. So, naturally, it is a topic that needs to be discussed. In the articles Change Your Gun Laws, America (1), author Fareed Zakaria provides the readers with some harrowing statistics on guns and insight over how the U.S. laws on guns need to be managed.

Last weekend, I went to see Micah`s senior project titled The Kingdom of _______ ! This show was great and very entertaining. It was very high energy and involved so many kinds of dancing. Micah and other dancers really put on great show. The one thing that I thought was the most amazing about this show was how so many different kinds of dancers and dance styles came together. In addition, I loved that there were also different body shape. The dancers after the performance spoke about how they felt as dancers in this show. They mentioned that they appreciated how Micah took into considerations different body types and made dances to accommodate different body types.

The Atlantic asked its readers about their first memories with guns, and one reader responded with "We lived in southwestern Colorado my first six years of life (1949-1955). My father had a double-barrel shotgun, and a single-barrel one, a .22 rifle, and a “deer rifle.” We ate more venison than beef and almost as much pheasant as chicken.... I never knew where he kept those guns; I never touched one that he didn’t offer. We only saw them when he cleaned them or packed them to go hunting. He let my older sister and me shoot one of them to feel the kick and power and hear the loudness.... When he passed away in 1981, a year after my mother had passed away, we took inventory of their estate, but we never found those guns. Perhaps he sold them or gave them away or simply kept them hidden somewhere so that no one would be able to find them and shoot someone accidentally" (Green). The issue of gun control has been an increasing cynosure in society, growing in its controversy. The polar opposite sides seem to grow further different from one another, with one side supporting and the other opposing gun control laws/actions. Those who support it tend to believe there should either be no place for the firearms in society at all or that there should be very strict restrictions on who may obtain a given firearm. Those who oppose the laws believe there should either be little to no change in current restrictions or, as the National Rifle Association (NRA) advocates, there ought to be

When we hear the term gun control, we think of opposing sides of the topic arguing whether citizens should continue to have the right to bear arms or not, including the possible consequences of continuing the use of the second amendment. As we know, gun violence is one a the major political issues that has caused public corruption and still continue to this day. During Barack Obama’s eight year term of presidency, he announced his thoughts and plan for change on how to limit gun control violence. He discusses how gun control can affect the lives of citizens physical and mental health, along with overall lifestyle. Barack shares past tragedies of gun violence and how gun control has played a huge role into our society. Throughout this speech Barack Obama gives on gun control, he persuades the public by using ethos, pathos, and logos to highlight the important concepts for change of this amendment.

Charles W. Collier’s article, “Gun Control in America: An Autopsy Report”, dives into the controversial topic of gun ownership and gun control in the United States. He uses recent shootings, including the George Zimmerman case and the Connecticut elementary

It is interesting to see and reveal the misconceptions of President Obama’s motive to the speech for more gun control and how politicians and individuals are stressing an emotional and safety concern.  Within this political environment, and with a charismatic and persuasive use of the pentads, the rhetor’s motive was to implement legislation regarding gun control.

In the past year, I am sure that you have heard about the issue of gun control. Well, do you really know the full story behind the debate? My goal for this essay is to fully explain everything to you behind this issue and why it is such a big deal in our world today. There are many different problems behind why gun control is such a big issue in the world today, and why some people want gun control and others do not. Through these contrasting opinions on gun control, the world will never fully decide what is completely right.

The issue of guns is one of the most prominent social problems in the United States, and every time after the shooting incident, the voice of gun control became to rise and the debate of banning guns emerge again. What People can do is only to offer their condolences, griefs and protests for gun violence, and stand for moments of silence. People still don’t have any law of gun control in return even if in the face of these bloody statistics. Because this issue is not just a simple social problem, and this issue has evolved into an intricate issue and many factors are intertwined, such as cultural tradition, value concept, legal rights, party politics and interest groups. I argue that the gun control movement will continue to develop,