NRA Stand And Fight: America Speaks For Itself: Video Analysis

Exactly how safe can a person really be? All over the nation, Americans are protected by armed guards that defend them from criminals. Americans protect their banks with armed guards, protect the presidents with armed guards, congressman have armed guards in front of their buildings. The National Rifle Association (NRA) published a video clip on YouTube called “NRA Stand and Fight: America Speaks for Itself”. This purpose of this video is to explain why there should be guns in schools. The NRA published this video on their YouTube channel to get support for a “pro-gun” stance on political issues. The intended audience of the video is the general public meaning that anyone who supports “pro-gun” and to change the point of view who is “anti-gun”. The author is associated with the NRA because it was posted on the NRA YouTube channel. To fully understand the NRA and their support for guns in schools, it is essential to analyze the strength of their bias, evidence NRA uses to prove their point, …show more content…
The NRA uses very emotional logic to persuade the audience to believe guns should be in schools. In the beginning of the video when Wayne LaPierre is in the press conference he used very emotional words like “beloved” and “vulnerable” (NRA). Also during the video NRA included news reporters bashing the NRA. “One reporter even stated that Wayne Lapierre is whacked and laughable” (NRA). NRA included this section of their video to show that media and the news reporters are corrupt people. There would be an emotional state on the children that attend schools that have armed guards or knew if the teacher were carrying guns. If concealed carry were allowed in schools across America, many students would feel uncomfortable not knowing whether their teachers were carrying handguns (Students for gun free schools). In Figure one shows a map where states have passed laws allowing adults to carry firearms in schools (Houck,