Reducing Gun Violence in America: An Analysis of Dan Gross's Ted Talk

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In America, the issue of gun violence is often seen on the news and in articles online and in print. Many people believe that gun laws are fair and require no change while others believe that stricter gun laws will lower the overall rates of gun violence in America. Dan Gross is the president of the Brady Campaign and is a gun control activist. In February of 2016, Gross appeared at a TED Talks conference and gave a presentation on gun control and the need for change in order to lower gun violence overall. The purpose of his talk was to inform people on the statistics of gun violence in America and to engage people and motivate them to join the gun control movement. Through this, Gross explained that he believed change could be brought about and gun violence in America could decrease by half. In his video, Dan Gross expresses a reasonable view about how gun violence in America can be lowered with active citizens protesting on the issue and does this through addressing it as a serious issue, arguing that change in America is possible, and offering remedies that could be seen as motivation for change. Gross presents his idea of lowering gun violence in America first by addressing it as a serious issue. He does this through showing statistics and primary victims, and finally declaring that it needs to end. When expressing viewpoints to others, it is important to have facts to back up opinions. Gross presents researched statistics in his video which show how guns are an issue in America. It is presented that on average about ninety Americans are killed by a gunshot and nine children in America are shot unintentionally on a daily basis. In addition, about nine hundred children and teens commit suicide yearly and almost all of these ... ... middle of paper ... ...he citizens of America. Conclusively, Dan Gross expresses a reasonable view about how gun violence in America can be lowered with active citizens protesting on the issue and does this through addressing it as a serious issue, arguing that change in America is possible, and offering remedies that could be seen as motivation for change. Gun violence is an issue that causes the deaths of hundreds of Americans yearly and there is no need for further public shootings and terror. It can begin to be changed through an engaged group of people working together towards gun restrictions and more background checks, and change is possible as it has occurred in the past through media. Gross points out reasonable arguments throughout his TED Talk and his overall claim that an active and informed group of citizens can bring about needed change on the gun violence issue is valid.

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