Understanding Analogy Language and Literacy

Question: Discuss about the Understanding Analogy Language and Literacy. Answer: Introduction Affirmative arguments refer to those debates which ascertain the truth whereas negative cases are discussions and debates which are against the facts (Kraus, 2015, p. 177). This research progress paper discusses and explains the two arguments through the aid of the sources provided. List of affirmative arguments from the sources The AJPH research page one states that the presence of firearms in homesteads have increased the risks of suicide and killings of the weapon owners and family members. The Routledge Applied Economics report, on the second page, affirms that since 1990s, there have been public shootings carried out in the US by the use of firearms. The vast possession of guns in the US has been attributed to mental and other illnesses in the weapons, mental illnesses, and the law report. Development of one argument Focusing on number two on the above list, the US has been prone to the public and mass shooting. Metzl and MacLeish (2015, p. 246) Say that this situation is mainly caused by the availability of guns all over the states from the gun manufacturers and dealers. Other possible causes may include the use of Psychiatric medication to treat the mental illnesses. Others commit a mass shooting to gain fame and popularity. In 2014, the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) made a report stating that the licensed gun holders rarely commit illegal shootings. However, further reports show that their weapons are used for such activities. It, therefore, gives the law hard time to find out who the culprits are. Although the US is such a large country, several measures have been established to curb gun violence. Gun safety measures can be employed, for example, educating the holders how to carry and use them. Secondly, mentally-ill patients should be treated in hospitals instead of discharging them once they begin to recover, the sickness may still impair thinking causing an unintended killing (McGinty, et al. 2014. p. 411). Parents are advised to keep the weapons away from children. The government investigators are also carrying background research to consult the authorized sellers on frequent gun buyers. List of negative arguments The AJPH Research paper on page 1321 says that reduction in the widespread of ?rearms may be a better method to reduce related suicides among the residents. On essay 5 about ammunition ownership in the US, it says on page 159 second paragraph that the significance of guns and gun ownership is partly sociological. This may not be the case since owning a gun puts the society in dangers of the mass shooting and unnecessary killings to solve minor problems. On firearms for felons report page 959 second paragraph, the federal government first banned wrong-doers from possessing firearms back in 1938 with the enforcement of the Federal Firearms Act. This is a negative argument since no criminal can buy a gun from a licensed dealer; they buy on the black market to avoid being identified. Development of one argument Focusing on the first debate on the list, reducing firearms at the hands of citizens does not control suicide. Conner, et al. (2014, p.176) explain that apart from the use of guns, suicide can be done through electrocution, hanging, jumping from a high height, use of toxins and excessive drug abuse. The guns are only considered since they are less painful and the person does not suffer before dying. The possible way withdrawing weapons could solve suicide is to reduce the occurrence of suicide bombing, activities which are very rare in the US. The people who decide to end their lives do so due to stress, depression, having contracted deadly diseases and extreme drug abuse (Quinlan-Davidson, et al 2014, p.265).The government can assist its people in hiring personnel to counsel depressed people, showing cancer and HIV-infected victims that there is still need to live and social intervention such as seminars and education on the public may also be necessary. (Sakinofsky, 2014, p.137). C oncealing ammunitions may not work as a control tool as the statement said. References Conner, K.R., Huguet, N., Caetano, R., Giesbrecht, N., McFarland, B.H., Nolte, K.B. and Kaplan, M.S., 2014. Acute use of alcohol and methods of suicide in a US national sample. American journal of public health, 104(1), pp.171-178. Kraus, M. 2015. Arguments by Analogy (and What We Can Learn about Them from Aristotle). In Reflections on Theoretical Issues in Argumentation Theory (pp. 171-182). Springer International Publishing. 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