David Lazarus, of Los Angeles Times, argues for more gun regulations in response to the Las Vegas shooting by quoting reliable sources, asking forwarding questions, and focusing on other industries. Quoting provides decent evidence by giving direct support to the argument from other sources. Rhetorical questions work as an effective forwarding strategy, acting as transitions between one aspect of the argument and the next. Overall, Lazarus's argument was fairly effective, but focusing on different industries in the middle was not highly advantageous. A distinct difference exists between death caused by tobacco and death by guns. For instance, people have the choice to not smoke; they do not, however, have the choice to not get shot in the occurrence
