The United States government and its corporations are the largest worldwide weapons sellers to the world. Based on your research, should the U.S. limit international arms sales? How does this action – limiting or not limiting international weapons sales – BENEFIT the US..and the world? What FACTS prove your thesis? Defend your position with AT LEAST two arguments. EXPLAIN and defend your position!
Explain the benefits and the problems of selling weapons to others (countries, “freedom fighters”, rebel groups) in other parts of the world. Concerns about small arms and light arms sales have brought up questions about the morality of arms sales. More people die because of small arms sales than WMD.
NOTE: This weekly review does NOT refer to gun sales within the US.
Defend your position with AT LEAST two arguments.
Support your position with a scholarly source.
Explain what you learned from this source.
Cite this source with in-text citations. Ex. (Payne, p. 72)
Your review must have 300 words.
Include bibliographic information at the end of your review.
Your essay should be based on facts.
Provide SPECIFIC evidence! Provide EXAMPLES to demonstrate, and help prove your position. Provide FACTS to support your position.
YOU are not the expert. Cite expert sources – paraphrase their ideas – then use in-text citations for each idea.
Do NOT use 1st person/2nd person pronouns (I, we, us, you). As a person, I care what you think or what you believe. In this essay, I want to know what you know and HOW you know.
USE QUOTES SPARINGLY – This essay should be mostly YOUR WORDS. When you use quotes, EXPLAIN why these words are so important and how they help explain your arguments.
