The Second Amendment Under Fire Analysis
Precis Work Cited
Cornell, Saul. "It Is Unproven That the Founding Fathers Intended to Protect the Individual 's Right to Bear Arms." Is Gun Ownership a Right? Ed. Kelly Doyle. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2005. At Issue. Rpt. from "The Second Amendment Under Fire: The Uses of History and the Politics of Gun Control." http://historymatters.gmu.edu. 2001. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 25 Feb. 2014.
In this article, Saul Cornell associate professor in the Department of History at Ohio State University, claims that the Second Amendment was originally understood to protect an individual’s right to gun ownership remains historically unproven and politically contested. Saul develops his thesis by introducing the reader to two different …show more content…
Henigan develops her thesis by citing many case studies on individuals that claim that every person has a right to bear arm because of homegrown political violence in America. But also, opposing to what some individuals say, the NRA suggested that "the Second Amendment ... is literally a loaded gun in the hands of the people held to the heads of government." Henigan purpose for this document was in order to question if there was any constitutional justification for …show more content…
Some of the shootings were suicides and others were unintentional. Sherfinski develops this thesis by stating that the Congress that has shown little interest in gun control after President Obama 's failed push last year for expanded background checks and bans on some semiautomatic rifles and high-capacity ammunition. This document was introduced in order to introduce the audience on the movement the Moms Demand Gun Sense in American are taking to make sure Congress takes action to ensure the gun control law is better fixed.
Children 's Defense Fund. "Gun Crimes Cause Serious Harm to Children." Guns and Crime. Ed. Christine Watkins. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2012. At Issue. Rpt. from "Protect Children, Not Guns 2010." 20 Aug. 2010: 1-18. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 25 Feb. 2014.
In this article, the editor claims that guns cause harm to children. The editor develops this thesis by stating factual information on the fact that there are too many guns and not enough gun control. The editor then supplies examples on deaths of many children from accidental or suicidal gunfire’s. The editors purpose of this document was to promote the audience to reject gun control by slowly stopping the glamorization of guns and violence in movies, television, music and on the internet and also to protest
Cornell, Saul. "It Is Unproven That the Founding Fathers Intended to Protect the Individual 's Right to Bear Arms." Is Gun Ownership a Right? Ed. Kelly Doyle. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2005. At Issue. Rpt. from "The Second Amendment Under Fire: The Uses of History and the Politics of Gun Control." http://historymatters.gmu.edu. 2001. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 25 Feb. 2014.
In this article, Saul Cornell associate professor in the Department of History at Ohio State University, claims that the Second Amendment was originally understood to protect an individual’s right to gun ownership remains historically unproven and politically contested. Saul develops his thesis by introducing the reader to two different …show more content…
Henigan develops her thesis by citing many case studies on individuals that claim that every person has a right to bear arm because of homegrown political violence in America. But also, opposing to what some individuals say, the NRA suggested that "the Second Amendment ... is literally a loaded gun in the hands of the people held to the heads of government." Henigan purpose for this document was in order to question if there was any constitutional justification for …show more content…
Some of the shootings were suicides and others were unintentional. Sherfinski develops this thesis by stating that the Congress that has shown little interest in gun control after President Obama 's failed push last year for expanded background checks and bans on some semiautomatic rifles and high-capacity ammunition. This document was introduced in order to introduce the audience on the movement the Moms Demand Gun Sense in American are taking to make sure Congress takes action to ensure the gun control law is better fixed.
Children 's Defense Fund. "Gun Crimes Cause Serious Harm to Children." Guns and Crime. Ed. Christine Watkins. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2012. At Issue. Rpt. from "Protect Children, Not Guns 2010." 20 Aug. 2010: 1-18. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 25 Feb. 2014.
In this article, the editor claims that guns cause harm to children. The editor develops this thesis by stating factual information on the fact that there are too many guns and not enough gun control. The editor then supplies examples on deaths of many children from accidental or suicidal gunfire’s. The editors purpose of this document was to promote the audience to reject gun control by slowly stopping the glamorization of guns and violence in movies, television, music and on the internet and also to protest