"Each week close to 10 women are shot to death by their husband, boyfriends, or former dating partners." That is how many deaths are caused by domestic violence throughout the country. The article" The One-Sided War On Sexes" by New York Times raises awareness on the issue of the lack of the gun control laws in America. The government gun control laws are weak, because of their weakness it causes most of these deaths to happen to women who are victimized. For example, the author uses the term "I.P.V."- intimate partner violence, the author claims that most people do not know about these situations that are going, so the author is trying to raise awareness in an informative tone throughout the article. it is justifiable to take away the suspects
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In the article, the author explained that "Republicans and Democrats- think its common sense to require gun owners to surrender their firearms upon a first arrest for domestic violence or a court-ordered protecting fearful parents." Meaning that the officials do not see why all states are not implementing this procedure to these situations. They feel that it creates more of a safety precaution to the situation to prevent the shootings from happening. Personally, it would be the smartest thing to do, because you do not know if the suspect is going to retaliate or not. Another scenario is to suspend the license of the suspect after the incident. By doing both of these methods it would take to decrease the number of I.P.V murder cases, the offenders would think twice before doing any crime because of the precautions. The author references the government and politics to bring a sense of validity when talking about the subject of the I..P.V crimes. The method is effective because readers would not believe it is true, but when you add politics or the government into topics we tend to feel that this information is something worth listening …show more content…
I thought the author brought a vivid example of the situation, which caught my attention. The author also uses emotion to sway the audience shows how their point of view is. They use words in the article like "tragedies", "victims", "danger","abusers", and "defenseless woman". Those words alone would sympathize the readers view to the situation differently because most people make their judgments based off their
In the article, the author explained that "Republicans and Democrats- think its common sense to require gun owners to surrender their firearms upon a first arrest for domestic violence or a court-ordered protecting fearful parents." Meaning that the officials do not see why all states are not implementing this procedure to these situations. They feel that it creates more of a safety precaution to the situation to prevent the shootings from happening. Personally, it would be the smartest thing to do, because you do not know if the suspect is going to retaliate or not. Another scenario is to suspend the license of the suspect after the incident. By doing both of these methods it would take to decrease the number of I.P.V murder cases, the offenders would think twice before doing any crime because of the precautions. The author references the government and politics to bring a sense of validity when talking about the subject of the I..P.V crimes. The method is effective because readers would not believe it is true, but when you add politics or the government into topics we tend to feel that this information is something worth listening …show more content…
I thought the author brought a vivid example of the situation, which caught my attention. The author also uses emotion to sway the audience shows how their point of view is. They use words in the article like "tragedies", "victims", "danger","abusers", and "defenseless woman". Those words alone would sympathize the readers view to the situation differently because most people make their judgments based off their