LaPierre Evaluation

LaPierre claims that the media blows situations out of proportion and blames innocent people, the government has taken away the protection of American schools and made them vulnerable to attacks, and that every school in America should have at least one armed security member to protect the children and staff of the schools. A couple strategies LaPierre uses in his argument are statistics, to emphasize his ethos, and anecdotes to another shooting at schools such as this one. LaPierre has a strong argument that having at least a single armed security guard in every school would help prevent situations such as the Connecticut elementary school tragedy. LaPierre states "Under Asa's leadership, our team of security experts will make this the best program in the world for protecting our children at school, and we will make that program available to every school in America free of charge." LaPierre is so certain that armed forces will help protect the safety of American schools that her offers his own assistance in the matter. I noticed that LaPierre uses statistical information but doesn't claim where it is from, possibly damaging his ethos. It can also be seen that LaPierre fails to make any rebuttal at all towards the government's "implications" on new laws to prevent these situations from happening.