Rhetorical Analysis Of Gun Control

Gun control has been a reoccurring issue in the Unites States for some time now. According to Paul Rosenzweig in his article, Guns: A Loaded Argument, he suggests that the issues related to gun control hardly has to deal with the amount of regulation, but more with how much power the government has to regulate individual conduct, which in his writing expresses that it should be fairly limited. Rosenzweig supports his claim by first saying that most people agree with some type of regulation on gun control whether they are for or against the issue. He also goes on to state, “Everyone agrees with some reasonable bounds, the government can and should regulate who owns which types of weapons.” Although he does agree with some regulation, he also believes that all American citizens have the right to own their own weapons. Rosenzweig’s main purpose of this argument is to express his personal feelings on gun control and explain how regulation is not the main issue when talking about gun control. He adopts a conservative tone for his main audience of people against heavy gun control.
Paul Rosenzweig is a writer and a speaker that has a good reputation in cyber security and homeland security. Rosenzweig was a founder of his own business, a professional lecturer in Law at George Washington University, …show more content…
He then goes on to persuade the audience by using logos, or logic, by stating “Yes, they say, the amendment doesn’t prohibit the government from making it illegal for the average citizen to own, say, a grenade launcher or anti-tank missile.” Rosenzweig uses logos in this statement because the average person can agree that it is not safe for a regular citizen to own grenade launcher or anti-tank