Identify and systematically examine the arguments made in the letter below. Identify the type of argument and spell out the premises and conclusion. Evaluate the validity, soundness, strength, and cogency of each argument. Then, identify and describe the fallacies present in the letter and discuss what might have led the author of the letter to commit these fallacies.

The following was taken from a newspaper column:

My gun has protected me, and my son's gun taught him safety and responsibility long before he got hold of a far more lethal weaponthe family car. Cigarettes kill many times more people yearly than guns and, unlike guns, have absolutely no redeeming qualities. If John Lennon had died a long, painful and expensive death from lung cancer, would you have devoted a page to a harangue against the product of some of your biggest advertisersthe cigarette companies?