Bill Clinton made a speech talking about how there is too much violence in America. What was his main goal of saying this speech? His main goals were to stop or reduce the violence that was growing by passing this bill and to appeal to African-Americans. He stated it many times in the speech by telling stories and giving true facts on how violence is effecting America as a whole. Making claims throughout his speech, he did it in a way that you had to dig deep to find. Showing the benefits of passing the bill was a strategy that he used a lot. For example, claim that he made was “to pass the Brady bill and at least require people to have their criminal background checked before they get a gun, and to say, if you're not old enough to vote