The Objective summary of Control Exposing The Truth About Guns

 



Graph comparing deahts by gun and traffic deaths

Control, Exposing the Truth about Guns, by Glenn Beck provides an informed opinion about many pieces of propaganda revolving around gun control. Throughout the first third of the book, Beck analyzes quotes arguing for gun control. His opinions point towards the conclusion that the majority of what is presented for gun control is most likely false, out of context or ill-informed. ‘Mass shootings’ wouldn’t be appropriate to describe the scenario. Finally, the author touches on a quote by Piers Morgan who spoke against the AR-15. Beck was quick to establish that the AR-15’s rate of fire mimicked many of guns. Additionally, Beck tore down the stigma that stated the modification of the AR-15 was easy, noting that it took altering the entire firing mechanism within the gun. He finishes his argument with the base fact that alteration of any gun to an automatic was a twenty year prison sentence and a federal felony. Furthermore, Beck feels strongly that the gun is not responsible for killing so much as the individuals using the guns. Beck dives immediately into his argument by writing about the ‘lethality’ of guns. While Nicholas Kristof, a New York Times columnist, says that guns are the most lethal objects around, and that there lays their downfall, Beck writes, “The issues should not really be the lethality of the gun, but the psychology of the person holding it” (3). Later on in the book, Piers Morgan argues that there have been many mass shootings that were not stopped by civilians. Beck points out  how ridiculous this argument is; he states that it should not even get a response. Since mass shootings have already happened, the author points out that of course they couldn’t have been prevented, and that if they had been prevented, they would not be called mass shootings.
 Beck, Glenn, Kevin Balfe, and Hannahthre Beck. Control: Exposing the Truth about Guns. New York: Threshold Editions, 2013. Print.  



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