Murder Get A Dog But Get Rid Of Guns Analysis

“Shots fired!” It’s a phrase we have heard too much recently and we need a way to deal with it. With the events of the Las Vegas shooting, guns have become a nationwide hazard; many people want to make guns illegal, and some say the solution is for everyone to have them. Guns may get people killed, but so does many other forms of protection. The best thing we can do to combat this is to learn how to avoid and stay safe from it. Author Molly Ivins wrote the article “Get a Knife, Get a Dog, But Get Rid of Guns” as her stance on the issue. She wrote about her personal opinion on gun control, and how she thinks we should deal with it.
Guns are too common. Ivins states that knives may be a better substitute as they require a victim to be close to the murderer in order for a kill to occur, so if knives were substituted for guns, it “would promote physical fitness” (Ivins 673) since we would be more inclined to train in the ability to outrun a threat. Ivins states that she is …show more content…
Eugene Volokh, writer at The Washington Post, wrote an article in which he listed multiple time an average citizen prevented a shooting due to them having a concealed weapon. In one case, “an Uber driver with a concealed-carry permit shot and wounded a gunman who opened fire on a crowd of people.”(Volokh 1) If it wasn't for the Uber driver’s gun, many more people would have been injured and killed! Ivins uses much unnecessary sarcasm in the form of both tone and sarcastic phrases. She also makes unnecessary statements that feel more akin to hurtful jabs rather than strengthening points. Ivins uses rude statements such as “Obviously, this society is full of people who haven’t enough common sense to use an automobile properly.” (Ivins 674), while comical, don't fit the message of the article and don’t help win the audience

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