Gun Violence: Right Or Wrong?

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Tiffany Hsu, a author for “The new york Times”, In the article “Bank of america to stop financing makers of military style guns”, Tiffany argues that gun violence is wrong and that the people who start it all should solve the problem. First Tiffany says that Bank of America will stop lending money to gun manufacturers that make military-inspired firearms for civilian use. Next she then goes on to to inform that the AR-15-style rifles that have been used in multiple mass shootings” are a huge problem and are used in mass shooting. Finally Tiffany goes on to say The bank will wind down its relationships with the companies that choose to continue making AR-15 style rifles and similar guns. Through the use of pathos the author makes the reader

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