Guns: Yay or Nay?

             In Crazy Talk About Gun Control ,by Tod Robberson from the Dallas morning views blog, the author presents the debate of gun control and examines both sides of the debate. The author's intended audience is everyone that is concerned with the Colorado theater shooting and those closely following the election. The author claims that he is "torn on the issue" because both sides of gun debate exhibit plausible reasoning.
            Examining those that propose tighter gun control laws, the author claims that the National Rifle Association can "strike the fear of God into any legislator who even hints at tighter gun control." The author even presents evidence with a link that gives the  NRA's "sane" position on the issue. Even though the author is already calling the NRA crazy and illogical, he does claim that there should be tighter gun control laws to prevent those with psychological issues from buying weapons such as the suspect in the Colorado theater shooting. To do so, the author rules out conducting psychological tests at gun stores or that banning gun sales to crazy people would have prevented the Colorado theater shooting. Using logos, the author claims that gun control laws in general is not going to stop killing; if a person wants to kill, they will find other means of killing other than guns.
          On the other hand, the author examines those that are pro-gun, who claim that if someone was carrying a gun in the theater during the shooting, many lives could have been saved. By describing that many lives could have been saved (12 people killed), the author is demonstrating the appeal of pathos. The author continues the claim by examining the scenario if someone else in the theater did have a gun. With the appeal of logos, the author goes step by step to describe that two gunman in the theater would have caused more chaos. The author presents evidence that the "vigilante-intervention" scenario does not work by describing the George Zimmerman case in Florida. To conclude his blog entry, the author names law enforcement as the number one defense.
        I agree with the author because gun control is such a two-sided issue. I do believe that gun control laws should be tighter, but doing so, as the author presented, will not stop those with psychological issues from killing, whether it be with or without a gun. Also, I am pro-gun because if one wants to protect itself, there should be laws that allow us to.