For example, Professor Jeff McMahon has a podcast on philosopherbites.com in which he talks about gun control from a philosophical perspective, where he compares private gun ownership to the nuclear arms race and argues that owning a gun is immoral, because as a result of the Second Amendments, everyone is much less safe. As a result of this arms race, the United States has become the homicide capital of the developed world (“Philosophybites – Jeff McMahon”). He concludes that there should be no private ownership of firearms, except perhaps for single-shot shotguns. He published a similar opinion in the New York Times (“When Gun Control Isn’t Enough”). Whether or not a person agrees with their argument, it has a premise, logical reasoning, examples, arguments, data, and a