Gun rights in the United States: Does abiding by the Second Amendment mean gun restrictions are illegal, or should the government limit civilian ownership of modern weapons that the founding fathers couldn’t imagine over 200 years ago?

Part A

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Part B

Your speech should be between six and eight minutes long and formal in style. Keep in mind that an average person speaks about 150 words per minute, so your speech will be between 900 and 1,200 words long. As you write your draft, remember that your purpose is to persuade your audience to accept the opinion reflected in the thesis statement.

Your introduction should include the thesis statement and should pull your reader into your speech, showing the audience why they should care about this topic. The body of the speech is where you develop your main ideas and provide supporting evidence and arguments. You should consider any counterarguments

The second amendment of our constitution defends the possession of a firearm as a way for each citizen to guarantee his own safety and the safety of his own family, but I ask you, are we really safe with this amendment?

Our society has already faced many problems related to freedom and the right of civilian citizens to carry weapons, to be able to use them as they please. We have seen several cases of shootings in cinemas, schools, nightclubs, clubs, among other places, where a citizen, with the right to carry a gun, decided that he should shoot in these places. How many times have we seen cases of citizens shooting each other for futile and superfluous motives, like a silly and unimportant curse.

With these facts in mind, I wish to tell you that no, the amendment does not guarantee our freedom on the contrary, it takes away our freedom and leaves us to the mercy of citizens who may have the most wrong thoughts possible.

If we really want to have security, we must turn against this amendment and demand that government officials guarantee our security through efficient public policies. Creating these policies is the responsibility of the government and they cannot just throw their responsibility on our shoulders. That's because they are the ones who receive wonderful salaries, which the working class will never have access to, to promote the security and growth of the country.

In short, we can conclude that supporting civil freedom to use weapons not only puts us in a position of insecurity, but also relieves the work of those who were elected by the people to carry society's problems on their shoulders and solve them in the name of the political office they hold. We must not accept anything less than that.

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)