On October 2, 2015 David Greenwood wrote an article for
Huffington Post. The article is titled “A Dad’s Reply to the ‘Guns Don’t Kill
People’ Lie” which is about the recent mass shooting in Oregon. David Greenwood
graduated Emerson College with an MFA and is an English professor at Tufts
University. Greenwood’s intended audience is anyone in the United States who
has a problem with the mass shootings and gun control laws. He is specifically targeting
the “Guns don’t kill people; people kill people” believers. His argument is
that yes guns cannot shot themselves and yes a person does kill someone but the
U.S. seems to not take stricter precautions on how someone gets a gun. Also
Greenwood wants people to take action for what they believe in and instead of
just writing about this topic he took action by writing a letter to congress
about universalizing and enforcing background checks for gun ownership as well
as increasing funding for mental health treatment. Greenwood lists five things
that can help fix the problem of mass shootings. His solutions to stop all of
these mass shootings are; sharing your concerns with your senators and representatives,
become active in gun safety education, advocate for a better mental health care
policies and coverage, and supporting community health models for violence
prevention. I think this article is really interesting and unique because
Greenwood doesn’t just state that his opinion is the only correct opinion but
he lets the readers know that whatever stance you have on gun’s you need to
take action for what you believe in. He also does this by showing which side of
the topic he is on and gives his reasons and logic for why he believes that but
allows room to consider what the other side’s arguments are. Overall I don’t completely
agree with everything Greenwood states but I think it’s a great article.
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