Fact: States with less gun control have higher rates of shootings
Fact: Suicide attempts are far more likely to succeed when a gun is involved
Fact: On average, 316 people in the US are shot every day
Fact: The NRA used to be pro-gun control
Fact: Banning assault weapons does not prevent deaths
Fact: The second amendment is vastly unclear on whether it is the right of the individual or the militia to have guns; bias is what makes up interpretation
Fact: We have drills to teach kindergarteners what to do when there is a shooter at school
Fact: My brother is dead terrified of shootings, and I am just glad the word 'terrified' is in that sentence
Fact: I am grieving for my siblings in humanity, gone because of 'wrong place, wrong time'
Fact: I will not stand idly by when violence is winning.
Posted in response to the challenge Guns.
Comments
Very effective use of rhetoric here with the "fact: ..." Doesn't pull any punches. It's the best kind of rhetoric... the kind that strips away all sophistry, the kind that forces you to come into contact with reality.
Thank you!
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