The Issue Of Gun Control - 1573 Words

In America there is a growing issue some say. The issue being gun control and how guns affect and/or end lives, the even bigger issue though is the issue of how people can or can not write about gun control to educate the public. Gun Control is an issue that needs to be avoided when trying to persuade readers of an opinion for two reasons, the issue of gun control is a terrible essay topic because there are too many emotions involved in gun control debates and because in general there is no good research on gun control. The only essays and articles available for research are articles filled with biased through the use of Aristotelian Appeals. Aristotelian Appeals include ethos, logos, and pathos each appeal using a different strategy to†¦show more content†¦Berman’s college coming to the deduction that sadly new gun laws are not in discussion. In other articles and essays ethos is used by writers to achieve the same goal as in â€Å"How Americans Actually Feel About Strong Gun Laws†. Other authors such as Elisa Julliano use ethos to go against gun control. Using the same strategy the author turns the reader to getting rid of guns in America by showing credibility in several ways. First we see ethos expressed to stop gun control in â€Å"Pros/Cons: Gun Legislation† through the sentence, ’We, along with our fellow plaintiffs, were hopeful for a more favorable decision from the 2nd Circuit, but we are not surprised that this decision was handed down from this level,’ said Scott Wilson, president of the Connecticut Citizens Defense League.† As Julliano includes the work of others she shows the name of the person or group responsible for the information creating an in text citation. Using in text citations helps the writer show knowledge of the issue at hand giving the author credibility and raising the odds of readers sharing the opinions learned from â€Å"Pro/Con: Gun Legislation† and articles like it tha t are against having guns in America. Again in â€Å"Guns Safety Middle Ground† by Devin Hughes we see the author will use the work of others to credit his own. â€Å"Wintemute of the University of California at Davis, concluded: ‘The type of firearm policy most consistently associated with curtailing the diversion of guns to criminals and for