At 6:56 am in the small, rural town of Wauseon in 2012 there was a call to the local police department to report what was thought to be a drive by shooting. However, when the police arrived on the scene they realized there was no drive by shooter, it instead had turned out to be three teenagers that had been playing with a shotgun and accidentally fired it off. One of the teenagers, Michael Swartz who was 13, was killed and the other, 14, was convicted of negligent homicide. The other was found innocent and faced no charges. They weren’t delinquents or troubled teens, they were your average middle schoolers. They liked to play sports and they liked to joke with their friends. The shooting shook their small town in a way it had never been shaken
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However, there were a few weaknesses that took away from the credibility and overall competence of his argument. First of all, though I consider the statistics the president stated to be a strength of his speech, I felt like his lack of citations for his statistics was a downfall. Perhaps he thought the citations were too time consuming, whatever his reasoning, the fact that he didn’t back up his information made the statistics seem more like generalizations or estimates which take away from his credibility. The second weakness I found in his speech was his humor and sarcasm. To many people, I am sure that the humor and asides that he used were helpful in keeping the topic from being too heavy. However, I felt as if his humor made it seem like he wasn’t taking the issue seriously. A third and final weakness of his speech was when he was referring to “common sense background checks” when talking about the policy he would instill if the voters helped pass the gun regulation laws. Assuming that people know what you consider to be common sense is insulting to everyone, no matter what it is referring to. As for the policy he might instill, he should know that it won’t be “common sense” until it’s put into action and taught to the majority of the
However, there were a few weaknesses that took away from the credibility and overall competence of his argument. First of all, though I consider the statistics the president stated to be a strength of his speech, I felt like his lack of citations for his statistics was a downfall. Perhaps he thought the citations were too time consuming, whatever his reasoning, the fact that he didn’t back up his information made the statistics seem more like generalizations or estimates which take away from his credibility. The second weakness I found in his speech was his humor and sarcasm. To many people, I am sure that the humor and asides that he used were helpful in keeping the topic from being too heavy. However, I felt as if his humor made it seem like he wasn’t taking the issue seriously. A third and final weakness of his speech was when he was referring to “common sense background checks” when talking about the policy he would instill if the voters helped pass the gun regulation laws. Assuming that people know what you consider to be common sense is insulting to everyone, no matter what it is referring to. As for the policy he might instill, he should know that it won’t be “common sense” until it’s put into action and taught to the majority of the