Just Take Away Their Guns Analysis

In the essay, “Just Take Away Their Guns”, James Q. Wilson a Management and Policy professor at UCLA, argues that legally owned guns are not the problem, in fact the real problem lies with society ignoring the usage of illegal guns. The purpose of this essay is to convey to society that gun crimes can be stopped before a shot is fired, that it does not entitle a huge stack of forms at the local gun store. Wilson effectively argues that legally owned guns are necessary for citizens to protect themselves, reasonable police frisks should be in place to stop illegal gun use before the crime is committed and ultimately guns agitate the situation making crimes worse. The authors credibility and logical appeal are overall effective, in spite of the lack of emotional appeal or connection to the audience. Despite the absence of Pathos, the author conveys an adequate amount of logic, which carries the paper to an effective and persuasive conclusion. James Q. Wilson utilizes an extensive amount of logical appeal to influence the audience to become involved in their communities to stop future gun violence, by including credible facts, …show more content…
Wilson’s claim on gun control, in Just Take Away Their Guns was overall effective in persuading the audience to believe that strong gun control laws will not help society, through the use of Ethos and Logos. Pathos was left out completely from Wilson’s argument, yet the argument was not affected, due to the credibility Wilson poses and the reliable facts added to the overall argument. Wilson influenced the audience to drop the idea on stronger gun control laws and begin to start the process of catching criminals before they become criminals. Wilson’s strong usage of Logos and Ethos deterred the audience from noticing the lack of empathy. Emotion is the strongest type of appeal, it plays at the audience 's heartstrings, however Wilson proved in his essay that an argument can be effective and persuasive without the use of