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.