When an argument is made it is best to use a rhetorical situation and rhetorical appeals to effectively execute the point. A rhetorical situation provides the reader with all the information needed to infer insight on the discussion. A rhetorical appeal can persuade an audience into accepting a new opinion or at least consider it however, once an appeal is made by the rhetor it cannot be withdrawn. “Gun Smoke and Mirrors” is an option piece from The New York Times, a noted liberal newspaper. It discusses the increase in school shootings and the overwhelming need for better gun control in response to the recent Parkland County high school shooting. Andrew Rosenthal, columnist for The New York Times, uses his opinion to display a rhetorical
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Logos as a rhetorical appeal is statistic based on actual evidence that is hard to refute. Rosenthal uses a study by Everytown, they “studied 133 acts of mass murder committed between January 2009 and July 2015”. The results concluded that only 1 person was not allowed to buy guns due to mental illness and only 11 percent of the shooters showed concerns of mental illness. This disbands the possible solution of force committing on grounds of suspected mental illness because it will only make a minor difference when there is need for a larger change. Rosenthal also disbands that raising the age for purchase of semiautomatic weapons with the statistic that “only 5 percent of the mass shooters it studied were under 20. And of course, mass shooting victims account for a tiny percentage of the Americans gunned down every year. A majority of children killed by guns are killed by accident, or by their own hand, or by adults, with weapons legally obtained by adults.”. Rosenthal points out that majority of guns that have been used to commit an act of violence was obtained legally, so again the purposed solutions to gun violence will only amount to a minor change to in gun
Logos as a rhetorical appeal is statistic based on actual evidence that is hard to refute. Rosenthal uses a study by Everytown, they “studied 133 acts of mass murder committed between January 2009 and July 2015”. The results concluded that only 1 person was not allowed to buy guns due to mental illness and only 11 percent of the shooters showed concerns of mental illness. This disbands the possible solution of force committing on grounds of suspected mental illness because it will only make a minor difference when there is need for a larger change. Rosenthal also disbands that raising the age for purchase of semiautomatic weapons with the statistic that “only 5 percent of the mass shooters it studied were under 20. And of course, mass shooting victims account for a tiny percentage of the Americans gunned down every year. A majority of children killed by guns are killed by accident, or by their own hand, or by adults, with weapons legally obtained by adults.”. Rosenthal points out that majority of guns that have been used to commit an act of violence was obtained legally, so again the purposed solutions to gun violence will only amount to a minor change to in gun