Explore how the dichotomy (public safety/autonomy) reveals a deeper philosophical dimension of the gun debate and why it is central to the polarization that happens around the issue. Develop your own angle – “why should the reader care”? What do you want us to get from this? Are we supposed to understand it’s too complicated to pick a side? Explain. Are we supposed to see that the exploration of the issue actually leads us to a different set of important questions? — peer reviewed sources & “the gun debate book” are sources to be used