"Why I Choose a Gun" by Peter van Uhm

               The video "Why I Choose a Gun" by Peter van Uhm talks about how guns helped shape the world as it is today. He argues that the good use of guns is what keeps the relative peace in developed countries.  Peter van Uhm is not pro-war but he is advocating that guns can help make the world a better place by standing the people that want to use violence as means of control. He also mentioned that the world has realized that making war is not so profitable, as trading where there is a mutual benefit by the involved parties.  Peter van Uhm makes a good point in mentioning that using guns for peace keeping has made people live safer than in times where there was less control of weapons. His use of ethos helps his audience side with him by realizing that there is not as much violence right now as there was in the past. He also uses pathos by talking about the invasion of The Netherlands by Germany in WWII where his grandfather could not stand for his freedom with an obsolete weapon, that story tells the audience that the good use of weapons is needed to stand bad people. He also uses appeals to the logic by saying that weapons are an instrument of peace and not something to brag about. Peter van Uhm makes it easy for the audience to side with him and understand that the good use of guns helps to keep the peace as we know.

http://www.ted.com/talks/peter_van_uhm_why_i_chose_a_gun.html