Gun Control Persuasive Essay

The United States of America holds a position of one of the highest rate of reported gun violence that unintentionally caused the death of a child (“Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense in America”). According to the second amendment in the Constitution, citizens have the right to own and bear arms. This is a controversial topic that is often debated and almost all people have their own opinion. Moms Demand Action is a current organization determined to make changes to our laws to prevent gun violence. One advertisement that subjects itself around the issue of gun control depicts two children: one holding a Kinder chocolate egg and one holding an AK-47. It also is captioned with the statement, "One child is holding something that's been banned …show more content…
One way is by having the faces of the children hold no emotion. They do not have shock or fear that we normally associate with violence. In doing so, it bestows the feeling of guilt upon the shoulders of the people that do not wish to have more laws surrounding gun control. Despite the fact that young kids are mischievous and regularly get into trouble, these are some of the most innocent group of humans. With the short amount of time they have been alive, opportunities of actions to strip them of their purity are rare. By using children, the faces of innocence, it greater strengths the claim and cause this organization is trying to show the public. Another emotion targeted towards specific group of the society is protection. Those that can claim the title of parent are the prime audience due to having the parental desire of a child's safety. Anger is then brought up due to the fact of saving children from choking on Kinder eggs could be parentally monitored, while gun control over others cannot. Having an organization that understands these emotions and can use them to persuade others is critical in having