2. Analyze the short extreme argument that follows. Then identify its claims, reasons, and evidence. Issue: Ban on Assault Weapons Excerpt from “Three Simple Reasons Why an Assault-Weapons Ban is Bad Policy” “It’s always remarkable to me that assault-weapons bans dominate the gun-control conversation after mass shootings. Yes, I understand that AR-15s or similar weapons have been used in a number of recent attacks, but when we slow down, take a breath, and look at actual gun crime, the logic for banning the kind of weapon that millions of Americans use for entirely lawful purposes (including self-defense) starts to disappear. “Let’s break this down by three broad categories of gun deaths. “First, an assault-weapons ban is irrelevant to suicide deaths. The large majority of gun deaths are suicides, and there is no credible argument that an assault-weapons ban will have the slightest effect on suicide. I’m not sure that I’ve ever even heard anyone make the argument. “Second, an assault-weapons ban is statistically meaningless to homicide deaths. Rifles of all kinds kill fewer people annually than knives or even feet or fists. An assault-weapons ban (really a ban on future sales; proposed laws would not take a single so-called assault weapon off the streets) would be aimed at a firearm that is rarely used to kill. “Third, there’s no evidence that banning assault weapons would prevent mass shootings. This is a key point. The post-shooting debate is often conducted as if folks think that if a mass shooter can’t get an assault weapon, he won’t shoot at all. Blocking access to a new AR-15 is not remotely the same thing as stopping a mass shooting.” Source: French, David. “Three Simple Reasons Why an Assault-Weapons Ban is Bad Policy.” National Review, 27 Mar. 2018, www.nationalreview.com/corner/assault-weapons-ban-bad-policy-arguments-against/ Claims: Check all that apply. ___An assault weapon ban is just a ban on future sales. ___Crime rates are lower and assault weapon sales are higher. ___We should not ban assault weapons. ___Guns don’t kill; people do. Reasons: Check all that apply. ___A ban on assault weapons would not lower the number of people murdered. ___Even with a ban on assault weapons, people would still buy them illegally. ___A ban on assault weapons would not lower the number of suicides. ___A ban on assault weapons would not keep mass shootings from happening. Evidence: Check all that apply. ___Assault weapons enable the shooter to kill more people in less amount of time. ___“I’m not even sure that I’ve ever even heard anyone make the argument.” ___“Blocking access to a new AR-15 is not remotely the same thing as stopping a mass shooting.” ____“Rifles of all kinds kill fewer people annually than knives or even feet or fists.”

2. Analyze the short extreme argument that follows. Then identify its claims, reasons, and evidence. Issue: Ban on Assault Weapons Excerpt from “Three Simple Reasons Why an Assault-Weapons Ban is Bad Policy” “It’s always remarkable to me that assault-weapons bans dominate the gun-control conversation after mass shootings. Yes, I understand that AR-15s or similar weapons have been used in a number of recent attacks, but when we slow down, take a breath, and look at actual gun crime, the logic for banning the kind of weapon that millions of Americans use for entirely lawful purposes (including self-defense) starts to disappear. “Let’s break this down by three broad categories of gun deaths. “First, an assault-weapons ban is irrelevant to suicide deaths. The large majority of gun deaths are suicides, and there is no credible argument that an assault-weapons ban will have the slightest effect on suicide. I’m not sure that I’ve ever even heard anyone make the argument. “Second, an assault-weapons ban is statistically meaningless to homicide deaths. Rifles of all kinds kill fewer people annually than knives or even feet or fists. An assault-weapons ban (really a ban on future sales; proposed laws would not take a single so-called assault weapon off the streets) would be aimed at a firearm that is rarely used to kill. “Third, there’s no evidence that banning assault weapons would prevent mass shootings. This is a key point. The post-shooting debate is often conducted as if folks think that if a mass shooter can’t get an assault weapon, he won’t shoot at all. Blocking access to a new AR-15 is not remotely the same thing as stopping a mass shooting.” Source: French, David. “Three Simple Reasons Why an Assault-Weapons Ban is Bad Policy.” National Review, 27 Mar. 2018, www.nationalreview.com/corner/assault-weapons-ban-bad-policy-arguments-against/ Claims: Check all that apply. _An assault weapon ban is just a ban on future sales. _Crime rates are lower and assault weapon sales are higher. _We should not ban assault weapons. _Guns don’t kill; people do. Reasons: Check all that apply. _A ban on assault weapons would not lower the number of people murdered. _Even with a ban on assault weapons, people would still buy them illegally. _A ban on assault weapons would not lower the number of suicides. _A ban on assault weapons would not keep mass shootings from happening. Evidence: Check all that apply. _Assault weapons enable the shooter to kill more people in less amount of time. _“I’m not even sure that I’ve ever even heard anyone make the argument.” _“Blocking access to a new AR-15 is not remotely the same thing as stopping a mass shooting.” __“Rifles of all kinds kill fewer people annually than knives or even feet or fists.”

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2. Analyze the short extreme argument that follows. Then identify its claims, reasons, and evidence.

Issue: Ban on Assault Weapons

Excerpt from “Three Simple Reasons Why an Assault-Weapons Ban is Bad Policy”

“It’s always remarkable to me that assault-weapons bans dominate the gun-control conversation after mass shootings. Yes, I understand that AR-15s or similar weapons have been used in a number of recent attacks, but when we slow down, take a breath, and look at actual gun crime, the logic for banning the kind of weapon that millions of Americans use for entirely lawful purposes (including self-defense) starts to disappear.

“Let’s break this down by three broad categories of gun deaths.

“First, an assault-weapons ban is irrelevant to suicide deaths. The large majority of gun deaths are suicides, and there is no credible argument that an assault-weapons ban will have the slightest effect on suicide. I’m not sure that I’ve ever even heard anyone make the argument.

“Second, an assault-weapons ban is statistically meaningless to homicide deaths. Rifles of all kinds kill fewer people annually than knives or even feet or fists. An assault-weapons ban (really a ban on future sales; proposed laws would not take a single so-called assault weapon off the streets) would be aimed at a firearm that is rarely used to kill.

“Third, there’s no evidence that banning assault weapons would prevent mass shootings. This is a key point. The post-shooting debate is often conducted as if folks think that if a mass shooter can’t get an assault weapon, he won’t shoot at all. Blocking access to a new AR-15 is not remotely the same thing as stopping a mass shooting.”

Source: French, David. “Three Simple Reasons Why an Assault-Weapons Ban is Bad Policy.” National Review, 27 Mar. 2018, www.nationalreview.com/corner/assault-weapons-ban-bad-policy-arguments-against/

Claims: Check all that apply.

___An assault weapon ban is just a ban on future sales.

___Crime rates are lower and assault weapon sales are higher.

___We should not ban assault weapons.

___Guns don’t kill; people do.

Reasons: Check all that apply.

___A ban on assault weapons would not lower the number of people murdered.

___Even with a ban on assault weapons, people would still buy them illegally.

___A ban on assault weapons would not lower the number of suicides.

___A ban on assault weapons would not keep mass shootings from happening.

Evidence: Check all that apply.

___Assault weapons enable the shooter to kill more people in less amount of time.