Intention

The main intention of X González’s speech “We call BS” is to persuade the audience to take action to promote the implementation of gun control laws. 

González’s main audience is the participants of the gun control rally where they are delivering the speech. As a result, the audience likely already agrees with the need for stricter gun control laws to some extent. González uses a mixture of logos and pathos to highlight the idea that gun control laws can reduce the incidence of mass shootings. Appeals to logos are used to compare the situation in the United States to that in other countries and to show that the problem of mass shootings can be successfully addressed. González attempts to arouse the audience’s a...