Want to change gun control laws? Young adults are needed!
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-florida-massacre-gun-laws-vote-20180220-story.html
This is an article that was posted in the Los Angeles Time by Scott Martelle discussing his opinion on how young adults can change gun laws. The massacre event that happened at Florida's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last week is what opened this concern up for discussion. He discussed the plan that the survivors want to take to get the attention from political activism over gun control laws.
His argument was that there is an issue with the control that we have with guns and that it needs to be addressed. He pointed out the 2012 slaughter at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut which sparked outrage and demands for action. Eventually, Connecticut was able to make some changes to the gun laws that they believe have helped with the crime rate within that state. Martelle includes a couple of good examples to support his belief. I think the audience that he is trying to impact is the younger generation. He wants them to know that a difference can be made if everyone gets out there and votes. He then followed that argument by giving us the census data on how low young voters percentage really is and how much more votes we can accumulate to actually make a difference and potentially overturn an election.
I can agree with all the arguments he has but I didn't feel like he was really impactful with the evidence he provided and the way he carried out the specific topic. Me as a young voter and also on the same page about the issues on gun control I wasn't convinced that I could make a difference. I felt like he did a better job of agreeing with the problem of gun control than making an argument on how we can make a difference.
