Thesis: Attacks on the Second Amendment is a problem.
The topic sentences below will become the opening sentences for each body paragraph of your Argument/CE Essay.
Topic Sentence 1: Attacks on the Second Amendment is a problem because, firearms are fundamental to the culture of the American people.
Topic Sentence 2: Attacks on the Second Amendment is a problem because, it is an attack on a fundamental unalienable right.
Topic Sentence 3: Attacks on the Second Amendment is a problem because, without the right to bear arms people cannot defend themselves from criminals.
Topic Sentence 4: Attacks on the Second Amendment is a problem because, the Second Amendment stands as a reminder that the people of the United States hold the power under the constitution.
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The (Declaration, George Washington’s first address to both House and Congress, Richard Henry Lee letters from the Federal farmer)
Opposition Point 2: The founders did not have “military style assault weapons” when the Second Amendment was written. Concession/Refutation: The Rifle played a major role in winning the American Revolution especially at the battle of Kings Mountain. At that time the rifle was more advanced than the military’s brown Bess.
PROCESS RECOMMENDATION/COMPARE & CONTRAST
Thesis: There is a solution to the problem of attacks on the Second Amendment.
The steps below will become the topic sentences for your Process Recommendation/CC Essay.
Step 1: Attacks on the Second Amendment can be deterred by educating people on the Second Amendment. Before: People are ignorant of their rights and the ideas of the founders. After: After we teach people about their rights, then people will want to defend their rights.
Step 2: We must get people involved in protecting their Second Amendment rights. Before: People give no thought or effort to protecting their Second Amendment