Determine Whether the Following Passage Is (Or Contains) an Argument

Short Answer

Determine whether the following passage is (or contains) an argument.
Right now there are as many as half a million military-style assault guns in the hands of private citizens in the United States. These small, light, easy-to-handle weapons are exemplified by the Israeli UZI, the American MAC-10 and AR-15, and the KG
-99. All of these are sophisticated weapons manufactured for the single purpose of killing human beings in large numbers very quickly.