STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS

Week 5 Assignment #2

Joseph Brown

Dr. Richard Freeman

PAD-520

May 9th, 2013

Apply the procedures for argumentation analysis (located in Chapter 8) to display contending positions and underlying assumptions for the content of Review Question 1.

The procedures for argumentation analysis have seven elements: claim, information, warrant, qualifiers, backing, objections, and rebuttal. The purpose of argumentation analysis is to uncover the logical structure of the argument, identify unstated assumptions, evaluate the support an argument offers for a conclusion, and aid understanding of debates.

A current issue that is top of the news in public policy is "GUN CONTROL". The United States legislature continues to debate abilities to produce a desired...