Get a Knife, Get a Dog, but Get Rid of Guns by Molly Ivins: The Destruction of Security

Read the essay “Get a Knife, Get a Dog, but Get Rid of Guns” by Molly Ivins pp. 449-451 in the main textbook. Write two paragraphs as a single essay – one paragraph each discussing the following:
In Ivins’s analysis, the effect of having guns everywhere is the destruction of “the security of the free state” (5). What, in her view, is the main cause (or causes)? Point to specific passages in the text.
What is the point of Ivins’s comparison of guns with cars? Where does she state it most directly? How convincing do you find this comparison as part of her larger argument about gun control? Explain.
two “body” paragraphs. As such, there should be no introduction or conclusion. You are simply writing two paragraphs focused on answering two questions: expected length 1½ pages.
Be sure to introduce the article in your first paragraph. The paragraphs must have a topic sentences followed (supported) by 5-7 supporting sentences. Supporting sentences are to be factual and specific. Your topic sentences should answer the questions in such a way as to reveal the questions. Paragraphs should include short (several-word or one-line) quotations followed by author and paragraph number.