Persuade me to point the gun in another direction (5,2,3)

'persuade' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'me to point the gun in another direction' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'me' could be 'i' and 'i' is found in the answer.
'point' could be 'w' (West) and 'w' is present in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
'gun' could be 'arm' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'arm' is located in the answer.
'direction' could be 's' (S is an example) and 's' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?