Need some help with a persuasive speech and having a case of CRS

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I have a persuasive speech/paper due for my final exam next week and I'm having a mental block.

The topic that I'm speaking on is, "The legal carry of guns on college campuses"

I'm speaking in support of the legal carry, but am having trouble finding what I'm looking for with google.

If you can help with some links to info that I'm not finding.

I need reputable links for sources, and that seems to be the problem I'm having.

I'm looking for tragedies that could have been prevented, or stopped earlier, if someone with a gun had stepped in.

I want to stay away from the Sandy Hook tragedy, being that this is just a simple college speech, and another classmate is doing a speech over teachers being allowed to carry.

I'd like to include

Virginia Tech

Also, I'd like to include a story that I recall of a young lady being raped in either Colorado or Nevada that has spoken in favor of college carry, and a state senator said that if she'd had a gun the attacker would've taken it away from her.

And there seems to be a recent attack with a razor blade somewhere.


If you know of any others with links, that would be great, I'm just having a serious case of CRS right now, I know I've read about these, but I can't find the info again, and didn't bookmark it.


I'm not asking for you to do the assignment, just some help to find appropriate links to persuade.
 
Check out sean hannity's web site. He did an interview recently with girl you are thinking of that was raped. She was ccw holder but couldnt carry on campus.
 
I wrote that very same paper in Eng 102 a few years ago. I had a questionnaire done that I used in my other classes and at the Student Union Building asking about perceptions of campus safety. Overwhelmingly, students did not feel safe? Also overwhelmingly, they wanted the school to protect them instead of protecting themselves. I ran a mock shooter in class scenario. Presented my argument then ran a pole in class before and after. Went from 20% procarry to 80% procary on the in-class pole. Got a big resounding C-. The professor was a typical liberal-minded buffoon.

I wish you better luck with yours.
 
Google Amanda Collins, she was a rape victim on a Colorado campus who had a concealed carry permit but was not carrying because she was on campus. Since then she has done several interviews touting concealed carry on campus, she even spoke at some state Senate hearings I believe
 
Reddit has a "defensive gun use" thread ongoing. You can check it out, there's usually several instances per day, but it isn't always a would-be mass shooting that is thwarted, usually it is just common criminals getting what's coming to them.

http://www.reddit.com/r/dgu
 
Some others have pointed toward valuable material, so please allow this research and writing professor to advise you on process. After all, information by itself doesn't change minds--proper presentation of that information often does.

Remember that to be effective, argument must respect the other side's positions and sensibilities. In other words, make sure those who will be hardest to persuade recognize their thinking in your discussion so they cannot automatically dismiss your argument as biased. If they can't see that you grasp and respect their reasons for believing what they believe, they'll never stop believing it; they'll just dig in their heels.

I teach my upper division students this (among others) written argument procedure (it works for presentations as well):

1) Tell your audience what you're going to talk about, what you think is the right answer regarding it, and why it's the right answer, briefly. You want to be just clear enough to avoid having your professor say you didn't clearly state your thesis--your claim--up front.

2) Explain in detail the wrong answer, without calling it wrong up front, and illustrate each part of its wrongness in a way that makes it obvious why it doesn't work without ever stating blatantly that it doesn't work. Let the members of your audience reach their own conclusions without poking them in the eye.

3) Explain in detail the right answer, linking to your introduction and expanding with details and further examples that show why your position is the correct one, again without labeling it as correct and without poking your audience in the eye. Let your audience hear the examples and details, and let them reach their own conclusions.

4) Remind your audience of your best "doesn't work" example and turn it into a "does work" example by altering the details to show what would have happened if your position had been applied. Don't say that this is what you're doing; just do it.

5) Summarize and conclude with the truth, the right answer that you know all along but which you never before this moment so blatantly stated as such. By this time most members of your audience, if they did not dismiss your position out of hand, will have at least learned something, perhaps enough to reconsider their positions. If you do this right and use intellectually compelling examples, you can sway a few.

And please, don't cite Wikipedia or other on-line blogs and BBs. Find the academically reputable sources these websites often themselves cite, and cite those.
 
Hey possom here is a great quote from Mr. Ayoob in reference to the shooting in Colorado theater that banned the carry of conceal firearms in their establishment.

"When you make potential rescuers unwelcome, do not blame those potential rescuers for not being there when the disaster happens, and the death toll mounts because what could have stopped the killing has been banned from your establishment."

Good luck on your paper.
 
Sounds like a good topic but be prepared for a low score. College professors are some of the most closed minded people in existence. Almost worse than polititians.
 
be prepared for a low score.
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The before/after poll in post#3 above is a super idea. If the fight is worth picking, a poor grade might be appealed to a higher authority with such evidence.

College professors are some of the most closed minded people in existence.
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The OP is located an hour south of DFW so he may fare better than most.
 
The instructor chose the topics, he's not a bad fellow, only slightly liberal. I'd call him a conservative liberal, he actually believes in the constitution and what it stands for but has similar views to magazine capacity and whatnot.

He grades more on presentation and presenting the facts in the proper format for the different types of speeches.

There was a list of several dozen different, controversial, topics to pick from. I chose this topic over the topic, "Toxic Speech in Politics". It was a close second.
 
This didn't happen on a campus, but research Suzanna Hupp. Her parents were killed in the Killeen, Texas Luby's Massacre on Oct. 10, 1991. When she and her parents entered the restaurant, Suzanna left her pistol in the car since it was illegal to carry a concealed handgun in Texas at that time. When the shooter opened fire, she reached into her purse for her pistol, only to realize it was out of reach in her car. She was in position and could have stopped the shooter if she had her gun. She was instrumental in getting the concealed handgun law passed in Texas.

You can then segue from this to the Virginia Tech shooting or another similar shooting: what would have happened if someone was there legally carrying a gun? Discuss how Gun Free School Zones have set up a killing field of unarmed victims whereas allowing concealed carry on campus could stop a shooter and help keep the death toll low, or even zero. also mention the great job our LEOs do but point out that when something like Virginia Tech or Luby's happens, when seconds count, the police are just minutes away.
 
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Persuasive speech was performed last week, graded at 88, the negative marks were for speaking too fast and trying to get too much information into a 5 minute speech which caused me to neglect a couple of the main points.


Overall, not too bad. Thanks for the help to find decent links.
 
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