Annotated Bibliography

Visual

"This Painting Is What One Artist Thinks of Senate Shooting Down Gun Control Bill: ‘Blood Money’." The Blaze. Web. 07 Mar. 2016. <http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/25/this-painting-is-what-one-artist-thinks-of-senate-shooting-down-gun-control-bill-blood-money/>.

The image was very impactful to the article itself. It shows the corruption of the NRA while also giving the reader the information about the topic The author used this drawing because he thought it was fitting for his opinion on the subject. In the visual if you look closely it shows the date “April 17, 2013”also the word  “senator” was on the check because those were the ones that were the corrupt ones. This drawing was very useful because it shows how the people who were in control with gun laws were not being one hundred percent loyal in their positions. It is useful because it shows how the government was acting with guns and their laws to stop gun violence.

Opinion Pieces

Swinton, Jonathan. "Op-ed: Gun Access and Mental Health: We Can Do Better." The Salt Lake Tribune. N.p., 29 Jan. 2016. Web. 31 Jan. 2016.

This article really sparked my attention to this topic because a lot of people do not think about the people's state of mind or their disabilities that they might have before they did the act of violence. Also this article should be seen by many more people because they need to get someone else's point of view or just even learn that people with mental health issues can buy guns with no problem. The article shows that the most deaths at the time are by suicide and that can be from the issues of the person. This article was useful because it gave a very different point of view on the topic that is very general in itself.

Obama, Barack. "Barack Obama: Guns Are Our Shared Responsibility." The New York Times. The New York Times, 2016. Web. 07 Feb. 2016.

The article was mainly just Obama trying to shine more light on the topic so that people can get more involved with the laws of guns. He knows that this involvement can help for better laws on the subject. In his article he refers to a african-american that actually died by a gunshot and saved two girls from being shot. He appreciated him and gave him the spotlight. The reason this was useful was because this article is not only written by the president of the united states but he gives of a more human feeling and tries to get a emotion out of the reader of the article.

Winkler, Adam. "Adam Winkler." Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2015. Web. 16            Mar. 2016. <http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-winkler-folly-of-assault-weapon-ban-          20151211-story.html>.

In this article Winkler shows that what the government is doing to stop gun violence is wrong and is not going do much help with the selling of guns and the use of them. This article has many notable details but the most notable is actually his statistics on the topic because this article was already good as it is but the stats gave it what it needed to really give the reader something to think about during and after the article. This article was very useful because not only did it show how the government is not doing enough about the topic but they also look like they aren't giving much thought to the laws they are putting out.

Rhetorical Precis- 3/15/16

In Adam Winkler's Op-Ed titled "Why banning assault rifles won't reduce gun violence"(3/15/2016), he argues that multiple reasons why Obama's statement on banning assault rifles wont be effective in reducing the gun violence in the United States. The author first states his main claim by just showing his views on the topic with no statistics or evidence to show his point of view on the topic by giving reasons that he thinks that the ban for these guns wont work; he then begins to expand on the idea of the actual term "...assault weapons..." by giving the reader information on guns and also giving counter arguments to make his claim stronger; and then he writes varies historical changes in gun policy and also statistics on the use of guns in crime scenes. His purpose is to make his claim as strong as possible in order to change or make the reader more aware on the subject of gun violence in the United States. He seems to have a broad audience in mind because he wants there to be people who know nothing about the topic and he is trying to make it as simple as possible for those people to understand the situation and then maybe they could help change the policy or be a part of the change somehow.  

Work Cited

 Winkler, Adam. "Adam Winkler." Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2015. Web. 16            Mar. 2016. <http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-winkler-folly-of-assault-weapon-ban-          20151211-story.html>. 

Gun Control Visual Aid

Summary

In the painting named "Blood Money" by Michael D’Antuono it shows two bloody hands handing over a bloody check that is a bribe from the NRA to the senate. The check is for the stopping of the gun control law so that anyone can buy a gun without having to get a background check before the purchase. Also a big amount of people wanted the background check to be a thing or just agreed with it but the senate disregarded the people and ended the gun control law.

Analysis
D'Antuono is using this painting to give people a better and easier understanding of what is happening in the government. The blood signifies that what they want will cause deaths and people wounded because we don't have the right safety precautions. The image  also reminisces the painting of Adam by Michael Angelo with their fingers pointing at each other and this is to compare the humanity before and how it is now which is corrupt and dark at times. He paints these paintings so people can get more of an emotion out of this and encourage them to take action. The main focus in the painting is to show how corrupted the government is and that people need to pay attention or else events like these can happen and we might not even notice. That really is the point of most of his paintings to make people aware of certain situations and make them want to speak out.

Work Cited

"This Painting Is What One Artist Thinks of Senate Shooting Down Gun Control Bill: ‘Blood Money’." The Blaze. Web. 07 Mar. 2016. <http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/25/this-painting-is-what-one-artist-thinks-of-senate-shooting-down-gun-control-bill-blood-money/>.

Argumentative Essay (300 word limit)

                                   Dominic Dominguez
                                                    Period 5                     
            Being ahead of his time Thoreau brought ideas of simplicity and experience to the world. He would live in his own cabin in nature and far away from people so he could experience life his own way. But this was in the eighteen fifties and many things have changed since the time this book was published. Although being published more than a century ago Thoreau's ideas and beliefs on how to live or just life in general can still be used today in contemporary society.

      Thoreau is all about simple things in life and that can be relatable today as he says in one of his quotes "Simplify!" if people just take out all the unnecessary objects from their life it can help. Now people have phones and computers to keep busy and  entertained but if they just trashed those objects then they will have less to worry about and instead of spending time on the internet they can be outside their home just experiencing life. Somebody can say that in minimalist houses or in nature people still have phones or computers but it is the concept of just using what they have for what you need like information nothing more. Also what is still a relevant idea is Thoreau's thought of following your dream or passion with there being risks and this is shown in this quote “Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence” like many people who love art or just have a real passion for something.

        Thoreau’s ideas are still very relevant today and will be in the future. People don't have to live in cabins to agree with Thoreau's belief's they just have to have the concept of a minimalist mentality.

Current event Journal "Guns Are Our Shared Responsibilty"

         The author of this op-ed is a very well known figure in the United states, Barack Obama and he gave his opinion and thoughts on how to help with the "crisis" of gun violence. He gives statistics of number of deaths in the united states to show his reasoning and how citizens are a big part in stopping this issue that will take time to be stopped. He also points fingers at the gun industry because they are making any improvements on the safety measures of guns like how easy it is for kids to use them or any adults to buy them. 

         Obama is trying to get the readers of this article (mainly citizens of the United States) to help with the crisis of gun violence because that is the only way that it will be solved. He is doing so by showing examples like the 15 year old who jumped in front of gunfire to save three girls and also was reaching out to the people to realize the problem we are having with guns in the states. His main focus was to inform the reader about gun violence but he does so by trying to get on an emotional level with the reader by giving reference to an actual kid who died due to this or by showing that women, gay, and African Americans rights took time to be solved but with the help of citizens uniting to make a change it has affected the United states greatly.

Obama, Barack. "Barack Obama: Guns Are Our Shared Responsibility." The New York Times. The New York Times, 2016. Web. 07 Feb. 2016. 

Current Event #1 :Gun Control

            This Op-ed by Jonathan Swinton called "Gun access and mental health: We can do better" is written by a therapist who thinks he can help eliminate gun violence not all at once but a step at a time. He gives evidence that most deaths by gun are suicide and how be has had personal experiences with patients that have had suicidal thoughts but also own a gun. This op-ed is very informative because people don't normally think the same way as this man or in that manner and it gives the reader a bigger perspective on the issue of gun violence and how in many cases mental health is part of the problem.

                         Work Cited
"Op-ed: Gun Access and Mental Health: We Can Do Better." The Salt Lake Tribune. 29 Jan. 2016. Web. 31 Jan. 2016. <http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/3463818-155/op-ed-gun-access-and-mental-health>.

Anger Article Rhetorical Precis

Stacy Schiff is the author of this op-ed article called Anger: An American History posted (December 18, 2015), and Schiff's main claim is that hate and aggression has been a big part of America and its way of settleing things. Schiff starts off her claim by with an ironic question that shows her position, then says that anger and hate might "sound un-American" but it really is, then she goes on to give examples from America's past to back up her statements, then she shows how America has shown hate again but with newer events like Donold Trump and others. Schiff wants to give as much information as she can to the readers with these examples to show how ironic America is and that hate has been a part of its roots and she can relate to the present as well. Her audience is definitely liberalist and even democratic because she gives a quote by a republican that just so happens to be running for president and this is on purpose because she wants to show that if this man that is not a positive figure (for some) can be in the running to be president then it justifies her whole claim. Some other citizens of the United States may not agree with Schiff but her audience would because they agree on what she's saying and what she's trying to show/inform them.