For each argument on the PDF document (attached), list what premise indicators (like "because") or conclusion indicators (like "therefore") there are, if any. Some arguments have one or two indicators. Some have no indicators! If there are no indicators, write "none." Then, list the conclusion of each argument. Write your answers in a Word document or Google document, and submit this document on the LMS.

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For each argument on the PDF document (attached), list what premise indicators (like "because") or conclusion indicators (like "therefore") there are, if any. Some arguments have one or two indicators. Some have no indicators! If there are no indicators, write "none." Then, list the conclusion of each argument. Write your answers in a Word document or Google document, and submit this document on the LMS.
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Barack Obama: Guns Are Our Shared Responsibility
by Barack Obama, New York Times, January 7, 2016
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/opinion/president-barack-obama-guns-are-our-shared-
responsibility.html
The epidemic of gun violence in our country is a crisis. Gun deaths and injuries constitute one of the
greatest threats to public health and to the safety of the American people. Every year, more than 30,000
Americans have their lives cut short by guns. Suicides. Domestic violence. Gang shootouts. Accidents.
Hundreds of thousands of Americans have lost brothers and sisters, or buried their own children. We're the
only advanced nation on earth that sees this kind of mass violence with this frequency.
A national crisis like this demands a national response. Reducing gun violence will be hard. It's clear that
common-sense gun reform won't happen during this Congress. It won't happen during my presidency. Still,
there are steps we can take now to save lives. And all of us at every level of government, in the private
sector and as citizens - have to do our part.
We all have a responsibility.
On Tuesday, I announced new steps I am taking within my legal authority to protect the American people
and keep guns out of the hands of criminals and dangerous people. They include making: that anybody
engaged in the business of selling firearms conducts back-ground checks, expanding access to mental health
treatment and improving gun safety technology. These actions won't prevent every act of violence, or save
every life - but if even one life is spared, they will be well worth the effort.
Even as I continue to take every action possible as president, I will also take every action I can as a citizen. I
will not campaign for, vote for or support any candidate, even in my own party, who does not support
common-sense gun reform. And if the 90 percent of Americans who do support common-sense gun
reforms join me, we will elect the leadership we deserve.
All of us have a role to play including gun owners. We need the vast majority of responsible gun owners
who grieve with us after every mass shooting, who support common-sense gun safety and who feel that
their views are not being properly represented, to stand with us and demand that leaders heed the voices of
the people they are supposed to represent.
The gun industry also needs to do its part. And that starts with manufacturers.
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Transcribed Image Text:Page 3 > of 4 Barack Obama: Guns Are Our Shared Responsibility by Barack Obama, New York Times, January 7, 2016 https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/opinion/president-barack-obama-guns-are-our-shared- responsibility.html The epidemic of gun violence in our country is a crisis. Gun deaths and injuries constitute one of the greatest threats to public health and to the safety of the American people. Every year, more than 30,000 Americans have their lives cut short by guns. Suicides. Domestic violence. Gang shootouts. Accidents. Hundreds of thousands of Americans have lost brothers and sisters, or buried their own children. We're the only advanced nation on earth that sees this kind of mass violence with this frequency. A national crisis like this demands a national response. Reducing gun violence will be hard. It's clear that common-sense gun reform won't happen during this Congress. It won't happen during my presidency. Still, there are steps we can take now to save lives. And all of us at every level of government, in the private sector and as citizens - have to do our part. We all have a responsibility. On Tuesday, I announced new steps I am taking within my legal authority to protect the American people and keep guns out of the hands of criminals and dangerous people. They include making: that anybody engaged in the business of selling firearms conducts back-ground checks, expanding access to mental health treatment and improving gun safety technology. These actions won't prevent every act of violence, or save every life - but if even one life is spared, they will be well worth the effort. Even as I continue to take every action possible as president, I will also take every action I can as a citizen. I will not campaign for, vote for or support any candidate, even in my own party, who does not support common-sense gun reform. And if the 90 percent of Americans who do support common-sense gun reforms join me, we will elect the leadership we deserve. All of us have a role to play including gun owners. We need the vast majority of responsible gun owners who grieve with us after every mass shooting, who support common-sense gun safety and who feel that their views are not being properly represented, to stand with us and demand that leaders heed the voices of the people they are supposed to represent. The gun industry also needs to do its part. And that starts with manufacturers. ZOOM + 2²
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PHIL 2505 | UNIT 2 AS1 | PRACTICE UNDERSTANDING ARGUMENTS
As Americans, we hold consumer goods to high standards to keep our families and communities safe. Cars
have to meet safety and emis-sions requirements. Food has to be clean and safe. We won't end the cycle of
gun violence until we demand that the gun industry take sim-ple actions to make its products safer as well. If
a child can't open a bottle of aspirin, we should also make sure she can't pull a gun trigger.
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At a time when manufacturers are enjoying soaring profits, they should invest in research to make guns
smarter and safer, like developing microstamping for ammunition, which can help trace bullets found at
crime scenes to specific guns. And like all industries, gun manufacturers owe it to their customers to be
better corporate citizens by selling weapons only to responsible actors.
Yet today, the gun industry is almost entirely unaccountable. Thanks to the gun lobby's decades of efforts,
Congress has blocked our con-sumer products safety experts from being able to require that firearms have
even the most basic safety measures. They've made it harder for the government's public health experts to
conduct research on gun violence. They've guaranteed that manufacturers enjoy virtual immunity from
lawsuits, which means that they can sell lethal products and rarely face consequences. As parents, we
wouldn't put up with this if we were talking about faulty car seats. Why should we tolerate it for products -
guns that kill so many children each year?
4
Ultimately, this is about all of us. We are not asked to perform the heroism of 15-year-old Zaevion Dobson
from Tennessee, who was killed before Christmas while shielding his friends from gunfire. We are not asked
to display the grace of the countless victims' families who have dedicated themselves to ending this senseless
violence. But we must find the courage and the will to mobilize, organize and do what a strong, sensible
country does in response to a crisis like this one.
Change will be hard. It won't happen overnight. But securing a woman's right to vote didn't happen
overnight. The liberation of African-Americans didn't happen overnight. Advancing the rights of lesbian,
gay, bisexual & transgender Americans has taken decades' of work.
All of us need to demand leaders brave enough to stand up to the gun lobby's lies. All of us need to stand
up and protect our fellow citizens. All of us need to demand that governors, mayors and our representatives
in Congress do their part.
Those moments represent American democracy, and the American people, at our best. Meeting this crisis of
gun violence will require the same relentless focus, over many years, at every level. If we can meet this
moment with that same audacity, we will achieve the change we seek. And we will leave a stronger, safer
country to our children.
Summarize and rewrite this argument in formal premise/conclusion form:
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