November 2009 Molly Ivins and Her Crazy Gun Theory Molly Ivins‚ in her Op-Ed called‚ “Get a Knife‚ Get a Dog‚ but Get Rid of Guns‚” argues for an absolute abolition of civilian gun ownership. Ivins begins her argument with a sarcastic attitude toward gun laws in the United States. She calls herself “not antigun‚” but immediately announces that she is “proknife.” She seems at first to offer an unbiased view‚ claiming not to want to outlaw guns completely‚ but when she admits to
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Writing 121 9 June 2014 Response: Get a Knife‚ Get a Dog‚ but Get Rid of Guns Molly Ivins‚ a liberal columnist who was made famous by picking fun at her home state of Texas and mocking politicians‚ battled breast cancer before she died in 2007. Although her essay‚ Get a Knife‚ Get a Dog‚ but Get Ride of Guns is over a decade old‚ her words are still a hot topic today. Molly Ivin’s essay takes on the gun control debate‚ engaging the audience with a sarcastic perspective that leaves them asking
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Get a Knife; Get a Dog‚ but Get Rid of Guns Molly Ivin’s view is she is not antigun she is pro knife .She supports the second amendment and believes that all children 14 and under are too young to be having guns. And having so many guns owners is destroying our security of this Free State. She believes that guns should stay in the hands of the armed forces and military. She states that like automobiles if u can handle them what makes u think u can handle a gun and with having a
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In the article by Molly Ivins‚ “Get a Knife‚ Get a Dog‚ But get Rid of Guns” talks about her point of view on gun control. It should be banned or at least restricted. She starts her argument that she is not anti gun but believes in other forms of protections. In order to support her arguments she uses second amendment by breaking it down word to word. Also use the pros of using knives with a sarcastic humor. Furthermore‚ she compared it with everyday life and how people misinterpreted the meaning
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Get a Knife‚ Get a Dog but Get Rid of the Guns Essay In “Get a Knife” Molly Ivins does a good job in using logos to argue and persuade her audience to ban guns from civilian ownership. Even though good points were made as to the reason why guns are bad‚ not everything was easy to agree with. Ivins argument was based on bias assumptions and flawed examples that caused her argument to decline. Ivins begins her argument by giving the counter argument. “I am not antigun. I’m proknife.” (Paragraph
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In Molly Ivins essay “Get a Knife‚ Get a Dog‚ but Get Rid of Guns‚” she explains how it is better if guns are banned. Guns aren’t being used by people who are being supervised and we aren’t required some discipline to use guns. She also brings up that all guns do is kill. However many people do not agree with Ivins‚ there is a web page dedicated to just saying bad things about her and her essay. Many of those comments do not try to argue against her points with good facts. One of the comments
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Dogs protect our livestock‚ homes‚ and children. They detect bombs‚ lead the blind‚ and track criminals and the stranded alike. Some tow boats to shore. Others race across fields in search of game. Some dogs flush‚ retrieve‚ or point. Others herd‚ gather‚ drive‚ or drove. Some dogs pull sleds‚ taking us where we could never go alone. Others sniff out drugs‚ detect heart attacks‚ or listen to sounds in the forest we could never hear. Some dogs fill stewpots while luckier ones sit on cushions in royal
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figure out a way to get rid of them. So how can we prevent them from knocking on our car windows asking for spare change‚ holding up signs in our face‚ sleeping on our busy streets? How can we make them look decent like normal people? What if I tell you there are many solutions on how to get rid of these people or use them for good use? Let’s get to the obvious point‚ how do we get rid of them? Well we can just simply let them die. Yeah it might be too easy of a way to get rid of these people but
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In the argumentative essay “Get a Knife‚ Get a Dog‚ but Get rid of Guns‚” Molly Ivins suggests that other forms of selfdefense‚ such as knives‚ are more practical than the use of guns. Although she doesn’t support the use of guns in a community setting‚ she does support the second amendment and argues that 14 year old boys and “wacky” religious groups are not part of a well regulated militia. She also argues that unregulated citizens having guns is destroying the security of this free state. She compares guns to cars saying that we have higher standards when
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