Gun Control Essay

In “Confessions of a Liberal Gun Owner” by Justin Cronin, he uses logos, ethos, and pathos to discuss the pros and cons on the much debated topic of gun laws and ownership. His intent is to inform the readers of his view on the topic and why he appreciates and accepts gun usage.

On June 17, 2016, an editor from the St. Louis Post Dispatch published an article, “Now is the time for common-sense gun control,” that briefly talks about how gun lobbyists are striking fear on the citizens and how gun control advocates need to keep pushing harder. The writer also reviews the Second Amendment and how gun culture affects today’s society.

Gun control is a hot topic in today’s television, with reported “shootings” and “gun accidents” showing up daily in the news and on TV news channels. Conservatives on FOX News drive the constitutional “right to bear arms,” while the liberal ideologists on CNN News press gun control and the prohibition of gun ownership. These two bias media sources uncover similarities and differences in how

Kevin McCullough’s article, “When Women Shoot Up Planned Parenthood“ (2015) argues in defense of gun ownership when it is allegedly assaulted by the president and the media. McCullough supports his belief his personal feelings and background as a conservative Republican who supports gun ownership. He hopes to berate his opponents in order to reaffirm the belief that gun ownership must be more commonly accepted and that mentally unstable individuals should not have access to them. The columnist speaks in a sarcastic, condescending tone, which supports that he is ideally speaking to people with similar conservative beliefs that wish to push their gun ownership agenda. In this article, McCullough takes a tragic incidence in the history of Planned

In today’s politics, gun control is a big argument. The anti-gun advocates wants more gun control laws. The gun advocates side wants less gun control sides. They believe guns symbolize freedom and will help kept themselves safe. Anti-gun advocates believe stricter gun control laws will insure public safety and reduce the number of guns in irresponsible hands. As a way to help persuade people to become pro or anti-gun advocates, people write articles on gun control. Think Concealed Carry Makes You Safe? Think Again is an article about concealed carriers not being able to protect themselves. Texas Concealed Handgun Carries: Law-abiding Public Benefactors is an article about the change in arrest rates since Texas allowed citizens to carry concealed firearms.

Throughout the article, Chris Sacco displays ethos to show his credibility. Not only does the work have to be creditable but so does the writer. In Fairfield, Connecticut Chris Sacco is majoring in History with minors in Sociology and Political Science. Chris also blossoms at the Opinion Editor for the Daily Campus (The Daily Campus). In addition, the article includes events that NBC and the Washington Post covered; by Chris using creditable sources it strengthens his topic. The uses of specific events help develop the article and provide a personal connection with the reader. Despite the fact that Chris does not really have any credibility on guns, he provides it from other

With in the first half of the article Schultz says,” We appreciate there is a highly sensitive balance of rights and responsibilities surrounding America’s gun laws” (Schultz). Additionally, throughout the article Schultz uses words like values, pride, and responsible. The uses of these words are used to present the upmost respect for gun owners/ pro-gun advocates. By displaying respect for these people Schultz appears as if he is nether for or against either side of the argument, which is important because displaying an attitude towards one side of the argument could irritate opposed people. Secondly, the author uses quotations around the words “open carry”, and underlines his request in the article.

The first article titled “Up in Arms”, states that views on firearms and gun violence was decide by early settlements. For example, the articles state the reason for the Deep South dominating shooting within its states is because, it was established by slave owners from the Barbados and was meant to be ran as a slave society(Woodard, 2013). Their reasoning is that because slave owners from the time would have no issue with any gun control it also assumes that their opinions is the reason that it is still the same way today, which is naïve because it ignores bigger issues.

A key point from the article are how the NRA’s involvement played a role in making gunplay acceptable. NRA’s reliance on the media to support

“Gun control advocates might think that the world would be a better place if those people and the ones you’re about to read about were dead and the people menacing them had gotten away with their crimes” (Hawkins). John Hawkins ridiculously states that gun control advocates have no sympathy and care for people innocently killed by murderers. This contradicts what many people believe when many truly think that the innocents and the victims should have remorse. John Hawkins strongly asserts his conviction on that gun saves lives in his article “10 stories that prove guns save lives,” which presents a background on political issues regarding the second amendment and provides ten anecdotal stories supporting his statement that gun saves lives.

The Seattle Times editorial board’s article “It’s time to ban assault-style weapons, high-capacity magazines” expresses a strong support of the Californian laws that incorporate a magazine ban. The article calls for not only these bans, but also background checks for ammunition sales. It also discusses the past action of Initiative 594 which mandated stricter background checks on gun buyers. While this and many other actions work, there must be a renewed effort to ban “tactical” assault-styled weapons and also the possession of ammunition magazines holding more than 10 rounds. The article discusses how Americans are free to own guns and that this freedom is not unlimited. There is also a mention of the San Bernardino shooting, in which the

Johnson’s purpose of the article was simply to inform the reader, that gun law debates are not solely about liberal and conservatives arguing over their beliefs, but rather to shine light on the components that shape the individual’s belief about gun control. In this particular article, as a foundation, he uses the debate between the state of Oregon’s governor Kate Brown and sheriff John Hanlin, to bring into focus the different components that influence some of the debate over gun control. Gov. Brown believes in the state enforcing strict gun laws such as greater background checks for gun transfers in order to prevent a high crime rate. Sheriff Hanlin, on the other hand, stated, “This law is not going to protect citizens of Oregon in that

This article begins with pathos in the form of argument by humor in which Pate sarcastically summarizes the argument of those who advocate gun control at gun shows saying gun shows “have suddenly become an irresistible magnet for foreign terrorists” (par. 1). He also incorporates a large amount of pathos through his word choice for the beginning paragraphs of the article. Pate refers to the argument being made by gun control advocates as “hogwash being sold to the American people in a slick ad campaign” (par. 2). By using the words “hogwash” and “slick ad campaign”, Pate is able to turn the reader against gun control advocacy because he makes it seem as if gun control advocates are trying to sell the American public on an idea that is worthless. Pate also personally attacks Andrew McKelvey who is funding this ad campaign by saying McKelvey is “in a personal crusade to restrict Second Amendment rights” (par. 3). Despite the fact that this is an ad hominem fallacy, this attack instantly turns Pate’s audience against Andrew McKelvey and any issue that he may support because Americans

Whether it is news channels on the television or whether it is Twitter and Facebook news, the public will always have a way to find out current reports. Since society has become so dependent on technology, a greater amount of individuals get their actual news online and especially through social media. As many of the public know, you cannot trust what people online are saying. Since individuals are so accustomed to getting the news online, many of them tend to believe what they just happen to scroll across on Twitter and Facebook or any other sort of social media. Finding actual facts and truths on the news have become so difficult now, due to all of the millions of different sites and places where we can get our news from. The news online tend to be biased and untrue due to how openly and freely individuals can create their own site and “reports” on current events such as a real news channels would. Social media has just made it more complicated to find the actual accuracy of current events but with enough research, dedication, and using the SMELL test, finding the right information would not be as

There are many arguments when it comes to this issue. Some people think that the media has a liberal bias; some people think that there is a conservative view. The real issue is that there is a bias opinion and this is changing the way that people perceive the media. According to Tyler Cohen `Media Bias Is Not a Serious Problem' it doesn't matter that the media has a biased opinion. He states that people are aware that the media is bias and because of that they keep in mind when watching. He also states that people want to watch stations that have the same opinion as them (2005). Most people to watch specific news stations that do have the same belief as them, but we should be able to watch whatever station we want and be able to get the same type of information.