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Rhetorical Analysis Of Guns, Campuses, And Madness By Frank Bruni

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Recently there have been various accounts of shootings occurring on college campuses. The most recent of these occurred at Umpqua Community College in Oregon, where nine people were killed. There has been some controversy over whether or not concealed firearms should be permitted in public classrooms. In the newspaper editorial, “Guns, Campuses, and Madness”, Frank Bruni describes some of the pros and cons of allowing concealed guns on college campuses. He uses a variety of rhetorical devices in order to portray his message, including rhetorical questions and ethos.

Rhetorical questions are used to encourage writers to think about the author’s side of an argument. William McRaven, a chancellor of the University of Texas, asks,

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