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The Political Cartoon “YOU’LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT…” made by Adam Zyglis and published for The Buffalo News on 12 December 2012 uses the Modes of Persuasion to convince Americans of the danger of our gun culture. In this cartoon it shows a young boy in pajamas with USA printed on them. He holds in his chubby hands a present of an automatic rifle, complete with a gift tag and a red bow. The title of this cartoon is a warning someone is giving the child; “YOU’LL SHOOT YOUR EYE OUT…”. Almost as a…

interesting to know that even though guns have been banned, the use of a gun in crimes is still rising. The average response time for a cop car to reach a 911 emergency is four minutes. Larry Mudgett, served in the LAPD for 35 years, and was a member of the famous LAPD SWAT team for 14 years. He said, “When an intruder enters your house, the outcome of the situation will be decided within three seconds of his entering the home” (MUDGETT, 2014). Eighty percent of home break-ins happen through…

being killed. One small device that could change the lives of many people or just fun to use in the proper way. Guns. They sound scary and sometimes they are but they could also be enjoyable. Gun control is a controversial topic that has many reasons and evidence for both cases. People who are against guns talk about public shootings and it is against the second amendment. People who like guns say that because of the second amendment it is okay and it doesn't help the suicide rates. To start,…

Although Obama’s intentions may be pure, the gun laws that he and his administration have gotten enacted fail to consider the long term effect that they will have. These laws are created on the faulty premise that the amount of gun crimes and gun violence can be drastically decreased by restricting legally obtained firearms. The fallacy of this premise can be easily established by looking at California which has the strictest gun laws in the country and is still home to one of the U.S.’s top 5…

a kid and talking down to him. He figures that since he is seventeen that he is “almost a man” (1) and that means he should have himself a gun. He believes that owning a gun will make him a man. Throughout the book, however, one can see Dave become more violent and trigger-happy little by little. It starts out with thinking about how “he was going to get a gun and practice…

Knowing the Signs Gun violence has become a major concern. A well know school shooting occurred in Sandy Hook killing over 20 people. In this video Evan, an organization called Sandy Hook Promise inform you to know the signs and look for the signs of gun violence. The video is very effective in its message and how it is given. The use of emotional appeal, or pathos, is a large part of this video. Evan, a YouTube video made by Sandy Hook Promise, a nonprofit organization, was published on…

Is the problem with gun control the people or the guns? Gun control supporters say that it is the guns that cause the problems and that they should ban them, but what if more law abiding citizens with concealed carry permits could actually reduce the crime rate. “Today, the number of concealed carry permits is the highest it’s been, at 8 million, and the homicide rate is the lowest it’s been in four decades, less than half of what it was 20 years ago” (Goldberg). “To tell the truth we don’t see…

Columbine” directed and produced by Michael Moore focuses on societal issues in America to do with gun laws and violence. Moore raises these topics to make the audience aware that gun laws aren’t strict enough in America to keep everyone in control. He addresses and interviews people about issues like children being able to access guns lying around houses as well as talking to CEOs of companies that make the guns that are brought and distributed to homes around America. The main ideas in Moore’s…

Post 6 Buy a locking system for your gun: This might not be the most effective way to make your guns safe but it is a way. Locking systems could work in a really good way though because only certain people can fire your gun. This means your children can’t fire them on accident because it’s only equipped with your signal. There are many different types of signals to choose from; your voice, retinal scan, or more commonly known: a fingerprint locking system. Guns that have these locking…

In the era of automatic weapons, large caliber hand guns, and Teflon tipped bullets where extensive background checks, mental evaluations, and waiting periods should be mandatory as they are in most westernized countries, nothing is so dangerous with regards to firearms as the “Gun Show Loophole”, also known as The Brady bill loophole (Hereafter known as the GSL). Because of the GSL, anyone can walk into a gun show and without the burden of showing identification, taking a background check, or…