Printed Guns Are Only Getting Better And Scarier By Adam Clark Estes Article Analysis

Adam Clark Estes ' article, "3D Printed Guns are Only Getting Better and Scarier," is a new controversial twist in the ongoing gun control debate (Estes). It is an emotionally written blog for the creation of laws to hinder the making of 3D guns. Estes is a senior writer on Gizmodo, which is a website blog that focuses on technology in society. While Estes ' article is informative, it lacks a strong thesis, organization and structure. The first main point the author addresses in this blog is how easy guns are to manufacture with a 3D printer. He explains this by referencing the history of the first home-made gun printed by Cody Wilson, a twenty-five year old student from the University of Texas. Another main topic Estes elaborates on is how

Adam concludes this article by combining these two reasons and expressing the necessity for laws to be passed regulating these dangerous weapons. Throughout the article Estes briefly mentions the roadblocks the Constitution creates hindering the laws he thinks are necessary to discourage gun making. This article would have been better received by the readers if the author had a strong thesis and used pathos, logos, and ethos appeals appropriately. Estes ' article, "3D Printed Guns are Only Getting Better and Scarier," misuses emotional appeals and lacks credibility and logical support for the article 's weak thesis. Throughout the article, Estes ' uses highly emotional words that provoke feelings of fear and anger. Andrew McLurg, Professor of Law and author of The Rhetoric of Gun Control, writes, "Appeals to emotions are fallacious because emotions are irrelevant as a

His introductory paragraph never states his thesis and contains contractions and assumptions. Also, there is no topic sentence introducing any of the paragraphs and the information is unorganized. As a result, there is no structure and flow with the article. The second paragraph contains sarcasm in the sentences, "Guns are dangerous. They kill people," which is also a logical fallacy. Another fallacy in this article is the use of hyperbole which is exaggeration and over-stating with certainty (McClurg 81). An example is when Estes overuses such words as nobody, surely, and always. As a result, the author 's ethos is compromised and that causes him to come across to his readers as unfair and distorting the facts ("The Three"). This could have been rectified if Estes presented some possible counter arguments to his claim, organized his article with a thesis, topic sentences, credible supporting facts, and a logical