IIlusory Handgun Safety

What would have made Tucker’s argument better would have been her father giving some sound advice. She later goes on to tug at the readers’ heartstrings by bringing in the tragedy of children, and uneducated adults being killed at their own hands. If Tucker had bothered to read anything about the NRA, beforehand, the way she sought out information to support her claim, she then would not have been so blatantly ignorant in her statement. She is blindly attacking guns, instead of the finger that pulls the trigger. Responsible gun owners do not “play” with guns, as I am sure an educated person knows. Attacking the NRA by calling them “America’s least-responsible lobby” clearly demonstrates her one-sided argument. Hunters use guns to kill game for food and trophy. Her father most likely has never had to deal with the perils of a city, so he most likely can’t know what her situation is like in the city. First of all, it suggests that the handgun is the object that is providing the safety, and that handgun owners thought that the gun would be the safety provider. Tucker has already demonstrated that she is easily and whimsically swayed by people of her own authority. There are two things in this quote illustrating an invalid statement. Tucker completely ignores the fact that the gun does not have sentient thought, let alone the capacity to pick itself up and shoot.

Tucker successfully proves one thing: She herself is not responsible enough to own a gun, and we should be grateful that she, and others like her who can be swayed so easily, are not using guns.