Analysis Of Why Gun Control Wont End Mass Murder By Tammy Bruce
American radio host and political commentator, Tammy Bruce, in her article, Why Gun Control Wont End Mass Murder, describes many statistics of gun violence. Bruce’s purpose is to make her readers aware of gun violence and the many factors contributing to it as well as how it is statistically unlikely that gun control will help. She adopts an aggressive tone in order to support those that agree with her. The main ideas expressed throughout this article are that politicians use shootings and gun violence for political gain and aren’t doing anything to stop it. She explains that gun control wont stop gun violence because of problems such as drugs leading to terrorists. Tammy Bruce in her article uses many statistics and viewpoints to support her claim against gun control. Bruce believes that because of
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Bruce uses ethos to build up her credibility with sources such as, “The Wall Street Journal,” “The Mayo Clinic,” “The Chicago Tribune,” and “Olmsted Medical Center.” She succeeds to be a credible writer as she is and author, Fox News contributor, and radio talk show host. Although Bruce is a credible writer, she is not credible on this topic since she was no background with this topic. Bruce also uses descriptive phrases to provide emotion. She attacks people and things to get a reaction from her readers. She attacks Hilary Clinton, drugs, ISIS, and gangs. These are all people and things that tend to get a strong emotion from a large number of people. Bruce includes witnesses to appeal to her reader’s logical side. She calls people such as Hilary Clinton who she gives no respect for, but also Donald Trump who she seems to express more respect towards. She also calls witnesses such as liberals, Chicago, and the NRA. As well, she brings in ISIS and MS-13 and other gangs. By using examples of people and problems involved in gun violence she uses logic amongst other things to support her
Bruce uses ethos to build up her credibility with sources such as, “The Wall Street Journal,” “The Mayo Clinic,” “The Chicago Tribune,” and “Olmsted Medical Center.” She succeeds to be a credible writer as she is and author, Fox News contributor, and radio talk show host. Although Bruce is a credible writer, she is not credible on this topic since she was no background with this topic. Bruce also uses descriptive phrases to provide emotion. She attacks people and things to get a reaction from her readers. She attacks Hilary Clinton, drugs, ISIS, and gangs. These are all people and things that tend to get a strong emotion from a large number of people. Bruce includes witnesses to appeal to her reader’s logical side. She calls people such as Hilary Clinton who she gives no respect for, but also Donald Trump who she seems to express more respect towards. She also calls witnesses such as liberals, Chicago, and the NRA. As well, she brings in ISIS and MS-13 and other gangs. By using examples of people and problems involved in gun violence she uses logic amongst other things to support her