TOW #1: Guns made for kids: How young is too young to shoot? by Matthew DeLuca, Staff Writer, NBC News

Matthew DeLuca is a credible author because he is writing for NBC, a news agency  whose purpose is to inform the public news happening in the United States.  Besides Guns made for kids: How young is too young to shoot?, DeLuca has written numerous articles for NBC.  In Guns made for kids: How young is too young to shoot?, DeLuca’s purpose is to have the audience answer his title question about how old they believe people, more specifically kids, should be before they are allowed to use guns.  On Tuesday, April 30, 2013, a five year-old boy in Kentucky shot his two year-old sister accidentally with the use of a gun that was a present to him.  Currently, there are many children under the age of 18, including that boy, that use guns, and there are many laws on the topic of children gun usage.  Anyway, the author was able to accomplish his purpose by sharing different perspectives about the issue from numerous sources so the audience could compare and contrast their points of views and by discussing the laws surrounding the subject.  For example, DeLuca included Josh Sugarmann’s, executive director of the Violence Policy Center, quote, “There’s a recognition that the majority of the American public has concerns about putting guns in the hands of children.”  Later, DeLuca would include quotes from Andy Fink, editor-in-chief of a magazine called Junior Shooters that focuses on the benefits of kids using guns.  The people and their points not only are used for comparison but contradict each other well, as do other quotes in the article.  DeLuca appeals to authority by using quotes from well-known and knowledgeable people related to children gun usage as well as discussing laws, he appeals to emotions by sharing the story of an innocent 2 year-old girl being shot, and he appeals to logic by using data to support different points-of-views on the topic, such as a survey conducted by Hunting Heritage Trust and the National Shooting Sports Foundation in January 2012.  DeLuca is unbiased so the audience can make a choice for themselves, which they do.  

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