When we think of guns and America, we stereo-typically think of them in the hands of in the hands of crazed white supremacist rednecks. However, this anti-gun control website is focused solely on the arming of women. The website is called "Armed Females of America" and the link to the site is below.
http://www.armedfemalesofamerica.com/
The website is set out in an informal manner, with the main bulk of the content being articles, from females authors and other anti-gun control sites such as the NRA (National Rifle Association). When the site first loads an image of the American flag and a quote of the second amendment "A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" are placed at the top of the webpage.
Not only does the website contain links to articles centered around the themes of anti-gun control, there are also links to dozens of other anti-gun control websites and blogs. Overall the website is effective at delivering its anti-gun control message, and also plays to the audience of female Americans particularly well, by featuring articles that depict the safety of females who carry firearms on their person or in a bag. For me the message of course does not influence me at all because I am not female, but I can see how this could/would influence a female's decision on whether or not to carry a gun, with a seemingly growing fear for personal safety developing, the site clearly states how the 2nd Amendment rights of Americans should not be tampered with.
On the other hand, there are those who are for the need to have gun control. One such website is the "Coalition to Stop Gun Violence" and the link to the site is below.
http://www.csgv.org/
When compared to the Armed Females of America site the Coalition to stop gun violence site, is laid out in a far more professional manner, with a focused layout. The main page of the site details the 'mission' of the group, which is to "secure freedom from gun violence through research, strategic engagement and effective policy advocacy." and it does this rather well.
The site contains links to pro-gun control articles, as well as additional information, such as contact details, powerful statistics, links to videos about the issue and so on. The message that this website is trying to get across is done in an extremely effective manner. Where the anti-gun control website was unprofessional and cluttered, the pro-gun control website was professional and streamlined, which made the content of the site easy to access. The website is further helped by the fact that it does not pick a specific race or gender as the sole source of its focus. This means that the site has a large area of research, studies and facts to choose from instead of the potential 'grasping at straws' that can occur from more one dimensional focused sites.
As an individual who has no problem with guns, neither site really swayed me to change my opinion, this is further inhibited by the fact I am not American. However if I was an American and was made to look at these sites, I would probably lean more towards the side of pro-gun control, because the pro gun control site is more professional and gets its message across in a more focused manner.
As an added addition, an interesting look at gun control can be found from the comedian Chris Rock, who suggests that instead of gun control, there should instead be 'bullet control' (watch video)
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