Justin Cronin’s “ Confessions of a Liberal Gun Owner” is a very interesting piece, even though Cronin was convincing he lacks strong evidence and authoritative testimony to establish Ethos. Justin Cronin is an award winning author, Father and teacher at Rice University in Houston Texas. Throughout the article Cronin gives us personal anecdotes and reasons for owning guns and how guns need to be further regulated. Cronin’s argument is that we all should have the right to own guns to protect us and our family from any danger. Although, the way he shows it are all personal anecdotes instead of facts, which doesn't really give him any credibility in his article. He starts of the article by saying “ in three decades, i have voted for a republican exactly once, holding my nose, in a mayoral election in which the Democratic Candidate seemed mentally unbalanced.” Which does not necessarily say anything about guns, but it does give background information about Cronin’s political ideology. To ask “Does Cronin make a convincing case?” and” does Cronin offer enough evidence?”
To answer the first question: in Cronin’s article he barely gives any hard evidence, but he does show me why in today’s modern society why a gun may be necessary. In paragraph 11, Cronin says “ I believe people are basically good, but not all of them and not all the time.” in
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Although, Cronin did offer a lot of his personal experiences he lacked a lot of hard evidence to really proves why guns need to be better regulated. The only fact that he gave throughout his article are “Some of the Obama administration’s proposals strike me as more symbolic than effective, with some 300 million firearms on the loose.” Where he still gives his political ideology, along with a minutes piece of information. Cronin didn't offer enough suitable facts to really prove his point of why guns should have more