Topic: Gun Policy

Specific Purpose: to persuade my audience that a uniform national gun policy is necessary.

Thematic statement/ central ideas: A uniform national gun policy is necessary because the gun policies vary from state to state, the lack of a policy allows innocent death, and costs the public money.

INTRODUCTION:

ATTENTION GAINING DEVICE: Let me tell you a short story. At 11:10 AM, on Tuesday, April 20th, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold arrived in the parking lot a few minutes before lunch "A" began. They proceeded to the top of the west entrance steps, the highest point on campus each carrying a 20 lb. duffle bag. Armed with two sawed-off shotguns, a 9mm semi-automatic carbine rifle, and a 9mm Tec-9 semi-automatic pistol, in just 18 minutes they murdered 13 innocent people and injured 24 more. The story I speak of is the Columbine Tragedy.

INTRODUCTION TO TOPIC: A tragedy that would have been prevented if the US had a uniform national gun policy.......

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Title: Gun Policy
Approximate Word Count: 652
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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