Balancing Public Safety and Firearm Ownership Rights

This assignment requires you to draft two posts in response to the prompt: "How do we balance the need for public safety with the rights of individuals to own firearms?" You will argue both the pro and con positions, providing evidence and links to your research. Additionally, you will respond to two posts, offering assistance or a differing perspective, with well-developed paragraphs and links to evidence.

Draft two different posts in response to the prompt below. One post will argue the "pro" or "affirmative" position of the argument while the second post will argue the "con" or "negative" position. You will offer evidence to support your claim for each post you make and MUST provide a link to your research so others may check it.

Write a post arguing the pro or affirmative position on how to balance public safety with the rights of individuals to own firearms. Provide evidence to support your claim and include a link to your research.

Write a post arguing the con or negative position on how to balance public safety with the rights of individuals to own firearms. Provide evidence to support your claim and include a link to your research.

Respond to two posts. Your responses must do one of the following: Offer assistance in furthering the argument or offer a differing perspective in which you present a rebuttal and/or refutation. You must provide a link to any evidence you offer in your responses.

Respond to a post by offering assistance in furthering the argument. Provide a well-developed paragraph with a link to evidence.

Respond to a post by offering a differing perspective, presenting a rebuttal and/or refutation. Provide a well-developed paragraph with a link to evidence.