Our Blind Spot About Guns By Nicholas Kristof Summary
On June. 12th , 2016, a gun crime took place in a club in Orlando, which took 49 lives and injures 53 people. This issue made people realize that gun violence is a big problem in America. We know that many gun crime happened in the USA in history and guns control became a hot spot nowadays.
This question is serious because it relates to the public safety. In a 2014 article “ Our Blind Spot About Guns”, Nicholas Kristof argues that there is a need for sensible regulation of guns. He makes his idea credible by comparing the regulation of cars with the regulation of guns.
In his opening paragraph, Nicholas Kristof draws his opinion of gun control by introducing the regulation of driving. At the beginning, he suggest that without regulation of cars, there will be much more vehicle accidents. This is not a straight beginning related to the main point. However the first paragraph not only attracts the interests of the readers, but also relates to the following paragraphs which introduces the good effect of regulations of cars - “reducing the fatality rate by more than 95 percent.” The two paragraphs inform the writer’s opinion that regulations of the cars is important and necessary. Although Kristof didn’t mention a word about gun in first …show more content…
4). This is where the comparison clearly stated. After introduce the jeer “Cars kill people, too , so why not ban cars?”, Kristof point out that our society has a blind spot about guns. Then he use the fact “Yet the gun lobby is too strong, or our politicians too craven, to do the same for guns”(par. 6) to answer the jeer. This part can be considered as an introduction to the main paragraph. The author also establishes his credibility by showing his experience on this topic, “Whenever I write the need for sensible guns, some readers jeer (par.
This question is serious because it relates to the public safety. In a 2014 article “ Our Blind Spot About Guns”, Nicholas Kristof argues that there is a need for sensible regulation of guns. He makes his idea credible by comparing the regulation of cars with the regulation of guns.
In his opening paragraph, Nicholas Kristof draws his opinion of gun control by introducing the regulation of driving. At the beginning, he suggest that without regulation of cars, there will be much more vehicle accidents. This is not a straight beginning related to the main point. However the first paragraph not only attracts the interests of the readers, but also relates to the following paragraphs which introduces the good effect of regulations of cars - “reducing the fatality rate by more than 95 percent.” The two paragraphs inform the writer’s opinion that regulations of the cars is important and necessary. Although Kristof didn’t mention a word about gun in first …show more content…
4). This is where the comparison clearly stated. After introduce the jeer “Cars kill people, too , so why not ban cars?”, Kristof point out that our society has a blind spot about guns. Then he use the fact “Yet the gun lobby is too strong, or our politicians too craven, to do the same for guns”(par. 6) to answer the jeer. This part can be considered as an introduction to the main paragraph. The author also establishes his credibility by showing his experience on this topic, “Whenever I write the need for sensible guns, some readers jeer (par.