Debate builds in Iowa over gun permits for the blind

A debate for permitting carrying handguns for blind citizens in Iowa is built up. The Iowa State Sheriffs’ and Deputies’ Association claims that Iowa should stop giving the conceal-carry permits to legally blind because carrying arms by visually disabled people can damage public safety. Jerry Dunbar, the president of the group and Washington County Sheriff, gives grounds for his group’s policy claim by saying that “if you can’t see where that bullet is going to wind up then that’s our concern, maybe you shouldn’t be carrying.” He argues that there is no reason for blind people to carry handguns in public if they cannot see correctly to identify. However, as a rebuttal, Michael Barber, who just receives a conceal-carry permit from the state government, claims that blind people also need to protect their families and themselves from unexpected threats. For his ground, he says that “the Second Amendment does not say we have the right to bear arms unless we’re disabled.” He also tries to claim with using pathos by saying that “I should be able to protect my family just like you can, just like anyone else can.” Moreover, Barber argues that being blind does not mean having impaired judgment; blind people know what is wrong or right. At the end of article, Rep. Clel Baudler also gives the rebuttal of Dunbar’s argument that he cannot find reasons to change the state law because the legally blind “have had training that’s required by our law and they’ve passed a background check which is required by our law.”

FoxNews: Debate builds in Iowa over gun permits for the blind

Why I Am Saying Goodbye To Football (CNN)

This article is about the NFL's recent concussion crisis. This article is for sure a value claim. The author states how her love for the game has altered dramatically over the past 30 years because the NFL simply wishes to brush the health factors of players under the rug instead of treating them. Her credibility (ethos) is quite astounding considering her involvement with ESPN. She is a founding editor of ESPN The Magazine and a former vice president at ESPN. She is a national lecturer on sports, entertainment and recipient of the 2010 Woman of the Year award from Women in Sports and Events.The emotion appeal (pathos) she uses is that football encouraged her to go for her dreams but that it is a dangerous sport and wouldn't encourage her children to play. Although the author uses alot of "medical science" terms, she never speficifally uses any data or statistics. She used NFL legendary quarterback Troy Aikman and other players to support her thoughts with statements of not even encouraging their own children to play the game. She also used breast cancer as a deceptive play from the NFL to attract a larger woman audience. The NFL is one of the most lucrative sports industries on the planet and has recently submitted to a $765 million lawsuit to avoid a public trial and protect their safety image. I particularly appreciate how she realizes that the NFL will never simply seise to exist, so her logic (logos) is that in order to keep the public appreciative, that they simply need to address the problem nationally and not avoid it with sleek marketing and under the table settlements. 


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http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/15/opinion/jones-nfl-head-injuries/index.html?hpt=hp_t4

NSA reportedly collecting millions of personal online contact lists worldwide

This article on FoxNews.com about the information that the NSA is collecting is definitely a fact claim. The article includes a lot of facts about the subject.  Although there isn't an outright argument trying to persuade people one way or another, there is a slight hint toward advocacy against the NSA's methods of receiving the population's online information.
The article boosts it's credibility by adding a link to an article by the Washington Post.  The article includes summaries of the information provided by the Washington Post, as well as a quote from the NSA.  At the bottom of this article, it says "The Associated Press contributed to this report".  This statement, along with the quotes and summaries adds credibility because it shows that Fox News is not taking credit for all of the information they are providing to us.
This article is basically telling us that the NSA is using loopholes in order to get private information about people from the Internet, such as collecting the data from different locations throughout the world, seeing how that practice is currently illegal in the United States. The article also gives a quote from the NSA claiming that they aren't interested in the private information of everyone, they are just using the information to look for connections and patterns of contact between people in order to try to detect criminal activities or terrorist attacks.  The article doesn't specifically give you their own stance on the NSA's practices, they are more just providing the information that they feel that the general population should know.
To read the exact statistics and quotes, you can read the whole article at:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/10/14/nsa-reportedly-collecting-millions-personal-online-contact-lists-worldwide/