Gun Control: The Debate

By Jim Pangrazio

Prison inmate Clem has been selected to participate in a debate on gun control before his fellow inmates. His opponents will be expert academic debaters. Since Clem is serving time on a gun felony he is afraid that the better his argument the worse are his chances for an early parole. But his friend Reg, who will assist him in the debate, discusses ways to work his case that will convince others of his rehabilitation. Clem decides to give it a try and is doing well when gun violence in another part of the country causes increased security in the prison which then results in a surprising action by the outside debating team.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jim Pangrazio
• Release date: Sep 25, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370131877

Jim Pangrazio

The general consensus is that change is urgent. Yet those claiming to work toward that end choose illusory paths that serve more as an impediment to the change they profess to seek. It is a closed loop -- a path that follows itself -- a safe at home tour rather than an expedition in search of wherever. My plays attempt to untangle the complex knots created by repeated trips to nowhere by focusing on the fearful simplicity of uncontaminated life where acceptance and rejection meet to hash out what's bothering them.

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