In this NPR news article, the author discusses how funding for gun violence studies should be increased, as a result of this the crime rate would go down if locations of crimes were studied. This is a neutral article on gun laws, not choosing a side. This NPR News article written by Laura Wagner states that gun violence should be treated as a public health crisis. Wagner includes that annually more than 30,000 people die from gun related incidents. That number is higher than many diseases, the question that comes from this statistic is why is funding for gun violence research so low? This article also includes other statistics such as the funding for other death related incidents. Cheryl Corley a NPR reporter says that research done by a Yale University sociologist shows that gun violence appears in clusters, and with time increases. Throughout this article there is nothing that implies that guns could be good for any reason, the main idea is that guns are a crisis in the U.S.
In a Breitbart news article the main focus was the Failures of President Obama. At the top of the list is Obamas failure to secure gun control. Breitbart News is a news website, founded by conservative Andrew Breitbart. This news article written by Awr Hawkins, depicts president Obama’s failure to secure gun control. This author uses the word “failure” along with the former president’s name in the articles title to draw the attention of those that are Republican and very conservative in their beliefs. In an “exit letter” President Obama stated what his biggest regrets of his presidency were, sitting atop the list was his failure to secure gun control. Hawkins states that the gun control laws that Obama was pushing to implement after the Sandy Hook shooting would have done nothing to prevent it. This article focuses on the failures of former President Barack Obama.
Bets DeVos states that gun policy in schools should be up to the school and state not the federal government. There is no particular bias to this article. In this CNN News article written by Dan Merica the topic discussed is guns and their uses in schools. The argument is whether guns should be allowed in schools or banned. Betsy DeVos, Trump’s education secretary, responded to this argument by saying that it should be up to the states to make the decision if guns should be allowed in schools or not. This article does not have any bias to it, it represents varying opinions. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut later tweeted how “I was shaken to the core” by DeVos remarks, and continued to say that every American parent should be too. The article does not make a final point it just brings up the many varying views of those across the political spectrum.
This is very similar to the NPR article about how funding should be increased as guns are becoming a bigger crisis in the U.S. In this news article written by Bob Salsberg the topic is the conversation on gun control and how it is changing with Trump in office. Salsberg says that Trump falsely reported that Hillary Clinton would attempt to abolish the second amendment. Other than that statement, there is not much bias in this article as it reports from both sides, including how Trump was backed by gun right groups. This article does not report if guns should be banned or not, it focuses on funding for research of firearms and gun violence.
The author of this Salon news article makes claims that Trump depicted the U.S. as being in a state of crisis, just so he can make himself seem like a hero. He states that guns, should be used for protection and that there should not be more restrictions on purchasing guns, and reviews on gun owners. This is a very left leaning article as it attacks trump for his views on many policy issues.
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