Summary Of Thesis Statement

I have revised my thesis statement to two sentences, rather than one. This is so that my point can be understood in a more effective way. My thesis statement is as follows. “There should be more stringent screening processes for individuals wanting to own guns in the United States because the current laws and regulations do not require mental health background checks and evaluations. Too many people with mental health issues are slipping through the cracks and obtaining weapons and then using them on innocent people.” I think that my thesis expresses a cause and is effective because it is something that needs to change to better the community. Too many people are being hurt and killed because of unstable people obtaining weapons. Unfortunately, at this time, many people are legally obtaining guns because there is not a current mental health

My argument needs to compel my reader’s to think about a more logical side and logos will be my main writing appeal. I think that this argument is a logical one. Using an ethos approach will also make my readers see that I am arguing this topic with a level-headed and fair-minded approach and not just stating it needs to be done because mental ill people are bad. That is not what I am trying to convey. If someone is ill then we need to be there for them, get them the medical help they need but there are things that we need to do as a community to be responsible for the innocent. Sometimes people that are mentally ill do not realize they are unstable and do things they wouldn’t normally do if they were in a right frame of mind. This is where I will use a pathos approach and try to make them understand by making this an emotional argument. Showing current issues with weapons and the needless deaths, such as the reporter and her camera man, killed just recently. This could appeal to the reader’s emotional response to the