Gun Violence Persuasive Speech

I. Introduction

A. The statistics about gun violence

1. In the US, there are approximately 300 million guns, making that also one for every member of the US population (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34996604)

2. Mass Shooting Tracker stated in 2015, the US experienced 372 mass shootings that killed 475 people and wounded 1,870 people (http://www.shootingtracker.com/Main_Page)

3. There were 64 school shootings in 2015 (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34996604)

B. Examples: 1) In Florida at Stoneman Douglas High School, 17 students were killed by a gunman. 2) Nine students were killed at a community college in Oregon.

C. Responses to the massacres are different.

1. Some claim that students should be allowed to carry guns.

Thesis Statement: Allowing the legalization of a concealed weapon on college campuses will not make students or faculties safer; instead, the probability of more mass shootings and violence on college campuses.

II. Body Paragraphs

A. Paragraph 1: When students began college, they are physically mature but aren’t mentally mature to make a logical decision, surrounding gun safety. They lack knowledge and experience about the responsibilities of gun ownership. They are easily faced with the consequence of committing a voluntary crime against an individual of themselves when using a gun.

B. Studies have shown people brains aren’t mental until a person 25 or older. Many college students are easily persuaded and pressure to enact in risky actives. They get indulged more with alcohol and drugs staying on campus. Recent studies have shown that conceal carry students are highly likely to engage in dangerous actives such as “drunk driving, vandalism, and physical violence than non-gun owning students …” (DeFilippis).

C. With student participating in risky actives, there is an increase of crimes and death on and off

There’s no factual proof that if students carry a concealed weapon to college, violence would decrease. There no factual proof that concealed carry laws reduce crimes on and off campus. In many cases, guns are rarely used for self-defense when an incident happens.

VI. would reduce violence on our college campuses. For instances, statist has shown “Since May 2007 concealed handgun permit holders have killed at least 17 law enforcement officers and 763 private citizens” … (Violence Policy Center).

A. Paragraph 3: Guns general don’t lessen the chances of sexual assault attacks, and studies have shown an increase of rape cases on campuses allowing gums. Many victims face sexual assault scenarios are offend not imitated by the use of a gun by a predator. Often the victims are assaulted by someone personal like friend or family member, and in those situations, a victim would less likely to carry and gun. Dennis K. Baxley who’s an advocated for guns argues that sexual assault cases are based off emotions and judgment on the victims. “If you’ve got a person that’s raped because you wouldn’t let them carry a gun to defend themselves, I think you’re responsible” … (Baxley). John D. Fubert’s counterclaim is that sexual assault is misinterpreted. He stated “It reflects a misunderstanding of sexual assaults in general. If you have a rape situation, usually it starts with some sort of consensual behavior, and by the time it switches to nonconsensual, it would be nearly impossible