In common parlance an argument is used in designating a fight or a dispute between two people or a group. In philosophy, the meaning of argument does not necessarily mean a fight or a discord between individuals. An argument offers a reason with a statement and that is called a ‘premise’ and the proposition that is offered by a ‘premise’ is called a ‘conclusion’ (www.plato-philosophy.org, 2019). An argument can be presented in two different types of statements (deLaplante, 2013). A series of statements comprises of an argument. These statements are intended to locate the extent of truth in another statement which is known as the conclusion. An argument is different from an emotion or an appeal to an emotion, arguments that try to establish conclusion solely by attempting to arouse or play on the emotions of the listener or a reader are known as appeals to emotion (Moore and Bruder, 2008). In the first paragraph of an argument, the ideas are developed. In this first step of developing an argument and characterizing an argument, two approaches are followed, the structural and the pragmatic (www.plato-philosophy.org, 2019). The structural approach is the way of thinking that follows the idea that the premise of an argument are reasons that are given in support of the conclusion that is attached to that particular premise. On the other hand, the pragmatic approach believes that the nature of the argument is not completely grasped in the in terms of the structure of the argument. Arguments are usually divided into two types deductive and inductive argument (www.plato-philosophy.org, 2019). An inductive argument puts forward the view that if the premise is strong enough then the conclusion is false. A conductive argument is an argument that believes that the premise is counted separately in support of the conclusion of the argument.    

The Bill of Rights that was created in the United States of America in the year 1791 was the first time that the issue of gun control came into prominence

(Krull, and DiVito 2015). There is a debate surrounding gun control; there are two sides of the debate surrounding gun control. ‘Gun rights’ is the right to bear fire arms and ‘gun control’ refers to the different policies and laws that are used in stopping the manufacturing, sale and possession of firearms (Krull, and DiVito 2015). America is a nation which has more guns than anywhere in the nation. Hence, the most number of deaths from shootouts occur in America. This debate has been going on in America for a very long time. The danger of keeping guns that can be seen in the American society makes it important to have to stricter gun control laws. The Bill of Rights states that the militia that is controlled by the state can use the gun in a regulated manner. This suggests that as long as guns are used in a regulated manner they are safe but the moment it gets used by a common man who does not understand the importance of the device might use it in a frivolous manner and that will result in the death of millions. This is what has been happening in the United States for the past few years.  

References

deLaplante, K. (2013). What is an Argument?. [online] YouTube. Available at: https://youtu.be/Nq8-w2BAJkU [Accessed 22 Jun. 2019].

Krull, K. and DiVito, A., 2015. A Kids’ Guide to America’s Bill of Rights. Harper.

Moore, B. and Bruder, K. (2008). Philosophy. 6th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill.

www.plato-philosophy.org (2019). Arguments and Philosophical Reasoning | PLATO – Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization. [online] PLATO. Available at: https://www.plato-philosophy.org/teachertoolkit/arguments-philosophical-reasoning/ [Accessed 22 Jun. 2019].