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Bowling for Columbine

Bowling for Columbine is an interesting and entertaining documentary about the state of

gun laws and violence in the United States as compared to similar countries. In the film

Micheal Moore asks questions such as, "Why do Americans kill each other with guns 10

times as often as other countries?" and, "What could have caused the massacre at

Columbine in Colorado?" While these questions may not be answered specifically during

the film, many interesting and sometimes horrifying facts are brought to light.




Clearly Micheal Moore does not support the current gun laws in America and makes

that very clear, nor does he seem to care for the practices and ethics of the NRA despite

being a lifetime member. Through out the movie various scenes are shown of Charleton

Heston, the NRA president, making completely inappropriate speeches at the worst

possible times. Shortly after the Columbine shootings he is shown yelling, "From my

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Posted by: Alyscia Yellowman

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