The argument being analyzed in this paper is titled, “Want Gun Control? Learn from the N.R.A.” written by Hahrie Hanoct. I will be doing a reconstruction of this argument based on the following premises.
Premise 1: Many people involved in the Anti-abortion group and NRA (National Rifle Association) do not believe in the movement but joined for reasons often personal that are not tied to the movement
Premise 2: People involved in certain movements or groups such as the NRA or Anti-abortion are seeking a sense of responsibility and importance and will change their beliefs to acquire this
Premise 3: Gun control groups have a more difficult time fighting for their cause then the N.R.A based on the way they communicate and present themselves …show more content…
One main point I present is to his belief behind the motives of those who join. Hanoct believes many join because of appeal to their identities, however It is quite difficult to know the true feelings behind all the members of an organization as large as the N.R.A. It is a fact simply through protests and the views of the leaders that there are passionate people that choose to defend the N.R.A and what they stand for. The organization has members that follow it politics and strongly fight for the organization simply because they do believe in the importance of it and the principles enforced by the group. There are always people who are followers simply because it gives them a sense of meaning, but there has to be passion from members as well in order to keep an organization flourishing as much as the N.R.A does in the states. The N.R.A had 80,000 people in the United states last year attend one of their meetings.3 They show no lack of support, even with the amount of backlash that the association faces. Time after time they have had the finger pointed at them over gun related crimes and incidents in the United States, yet it is still prospering and is not having a difficult time against groups that want gun control and are opposed to the association. The N.R.A has different ways of appealing to individuals, but it is hard to say if that appeal is what the N.R.A stands for, of it is just what they have to offer and benefit someone. The organizations popularity comes from both passionate members of the groups beliefs and those that are mere followers and do not pay attention to the politics
Premise 1: Many people involved in the Anti-abortion group and NRA (National Rifle Association) do not believe in the movement but joined for reasons often personal that are not tied to the movement
Premise 2: People involved in certain movements or groups such as the NRA or Anti-abortion are seeking a sense of responsibility and importance and will change their beliefs to acquire this
Premise 3: Gun control groups have a more difficult time fighting for their cause then the N.R.A based on the way they communicate and present themselves …show more content…
One main point I present is to his belief behind the motives of those who join. Hanoct believes many join because of appeal to their identities, however It is quite difficult to know the true feelings behind all the members of an organization as large as the N.R.A. It is a fact simply through protests and the views of the leaders that there are passionate people that choose to defend the N.R.A and what they stand for. The organization has members that follow it politics and strongly fight for the organization simply because they do believe in the importance of it and the principles enforced by the group. There are always people who are followers simply because it gives them a sense of meaning, but there has to be passion from members as well in order to keep an organization flourishing as much as the N.R.A does in the states. The N.R.A had 80,000 people in the United states last year attend one of their meetings.3 They show no lack of support, even with the amount of backlash that the association faces. Time after time they have had the finger pointed at them over gun related crimes and incidents in the United States, yet it is still prospering and is not having a difficult time against groups that want gun control and are opposed to the association. The N.R.A has different ways of appealing to individuals, but it is hard to say if that appeal is what the N.R.A stands for, of it is just what they have to offer and benefit someone. The organizations popularity comes from both passionate members of the groups beliefs and those that are mere followers and do not pay attention to the politics