When you’rewriting an argumentative essay, it generally doesn’t matter what side of an issue you take. What matters is that you take a side and support whichever position you choose. In the case of the gun control issue, you could plausibly—and defensibly—take either side: strict regul...
In 1986, the first edition of The Informed Argument: A Multidisciplinary Reader and Guide, by Robert K. Miller was published. This is a popular argumentative- writing textbook, which through its 1998 5th edition, used articles on both sides of controversial issues, including the gun issu...