Gun Control Argumentative Analysis

In this essay I will be analyzing the debate on gun control by opposing sides, and how availability heuristic, framing, and confirmation bias each can influence the debate. Within the gun control debate there are usually two opposing sides. There is the side that is for higher gun control laws, or more drastic action to be taken. There is also the side that does not think there is any need for change in the standing gun control laws set in place. When any neutral standing person thinks of the gun control debate they may think as to why there is a debate in the first place. This may cause them to use an availability heuristic causing them to think of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that took place in December of 2012. A person’s availability heuristic would cause them to think of this occurrence because an availability heuristic is a mental shortcut that depends on examples that come to that person’s mind when analyzing a specific topic, concept, or method. Sandy Hook would be considered a staple reason the debate on gun control has come into light more so in the past five years than it has in …show more content…
This can be considered almost a guilt tactic to try to make those, who either haven’t made up their mind or is on the opposing side, see why gun control is such an issue. It is quite different for how those against gun control laws changing. Those opposing tend to use framing as a tool of the phrasing making it seem as though guns had no part taken in the shootings. Some of these people present the material evidence of the shootings in a way that people will hopefully react in a less negative way. Framing effect is a cognitive bias where people react differently to the same choices depending on the way that they are presented, either in a negative or positive