The author's success in communicating his message

Besides analyzing Nick Laure’s text, “Let's Be Honest, Gun Control Opponents”, and focusing on its argumentative and linguistic features, you are also asked to assess whether Nick Laure is successful in communicating his message.

To say if the author is successful in communicating his message or not, you need to consider to whom Laure is trying to communicate his message. Although Laure claims that the text is aimed towards extreme gun rights activists, you should note that it was published in The Huffington Post, a left-leaning liberal publication. It is unlikely that many members of Laure’s proclaimed audience would read the publication since they are much more likely to be right-wing and conservative in their views. On the one hand, this could suggest that Laure has chosen a poor medium for his message. On the other hand, this suggests that Laure’s real intended audience may be people who already agree with him (left-leaning readers who are likely to read The Huffington Post). In this case, ...