15 years have passed since the infamous “Columbine High School Massacre” of 1999, where two secluded high school seniors murdered 12 students and 1 high school teacher. This tragic event , and the death of 30 000 other people due to gun violence each year, sparked a large debate over gun control laws in the US which still exists to this day and seems unlikely to simmer-down any time soon. In In the critically acclaimed documentary “Bowling For Columbine”, Michael Moore explores the roots of Americans fascination of guns. This documentary can easily be viewed as fully objective as Moore does not choose sides between gun control or civil rights, but instead tackles what is the cause of such fondness of this awful culture. This documentary heavily revolves around the idea that the main cause of gun violence in America is due to so many American’s being immersed in a culture of fear.
Bowling for Columbine What did you find most interesting/shocking in the movie? The part where the two boys, went into their school with guns. Just to shoot 12 pupils, and one teacher. And the part where the six year old boy, shot his six year old classmate in the classroom. We find it shocking that young people and kids has access to weapons.
I often found my self-pondering one fact or another forgetting that the movie was still on! To watch the Lockheed Martin manager stumble when Michael Moore ask if Columbine’s mass destruction could have been influenced by the kid’s admiration for their parent’s jobs, there in the Columbine plant, creating weapons of mass destruction. How Michael Moore continued to ponder exposure to violence, considering Asian video games, then realizing that the United States has nearly 12,000 gun-related deaths while other nations have comparatively none. Before too long I even found myself analyzing the facts themselves. Would gun-related deaths per-capa been more accurate?
Bowling for Columbine Michael Moore's film Bowling for Columbine talks about guns control and its related violence, which arouse the attention to the public insecurity, media propaganda and government problems, the main argument of the film is that Americans already lost trust among each other, which cause the over control of guns compare to other nations. there are many impressive scenes in the movie that make people have a deep thought about what is wrong in the U.S. by using various techniques of persuasion such as the use of ethos, pathos and logos. one techniques Moore uses is ethos or the ethical appeal, means convince an audience of the author's credibility or character. it's not hard to see, Moore well-used of interviews from both sides of the guns issue, from not only victims but also the related association to build a full credibility to the audience, the interviews of victims in Columbine slaughter and the president of National Rifle Association could be the best example to show it and Moore try to explain that he is trying to get all the facts start with the bottom of the problems; not just this one support his argument, other example use of ethos would be appeal to celebrities, such as the interviews with rock star Manson and use a clip from a comedian show called "bullet control"; also example is appeal to authority, for instance, Moore interviews the headmaster of a elementary school in Michigan, where a 6 years old child was shoot to death by his
A constant message throughout this documentary is that because some mentally challenged teens shot up a school and killed 15 students the 80 million responsible gun owners who handle over 300 million firearms in the US are somehow responsible (2011 Gallup Firearms Survey). Give credit where credit is due Moore did an outstanding job in selecting the most stereotypical, moronic and entertaining “pro-gunners”. Frederick smith of the Fox daily bulletin criticized Moore’s choice of psychopathic Nichol brother who was acquitted of charges in relation to the Oklahoma City Bombing. He stated “Moore’s choice of interviewee in regards to gun violence is absurd, and totally politically motivated, by choosing this one un-stable man he is generalizing and that is dangerous”. There is doubt that
A documentary often serves to position the viewer to consider the perspective that it presents. Michael Moore's 2002 documentary Bowling for Columbine (what a wonderful world) is about a shooting massacre that assured at columbine high school. Moores uses the incident as to ask questions as to why america is such a a violent nation, full of fear that people are driven to the extent of having to posses a weapon so as to feel safer. Moore compares America to there neighboring country canada frequently, using examples such as the similar gun laws that they have and how they not feel the need to own a gun to feel safe. Moore also interviews a variety of people like Charlton Heston the former president of the national rifle association (NRA) and celebrity icons and other people off the streets.
In a heated debate on the “O’Reilly Factor,” between talk show host Bill O’Reilly and journalist Geraldo Rivera, the issue was being pulled in a game of Tug-O-War. O’Reilly advocates a stronger immigration policy, pushing the view that open boarders turn innocent Americans into road kill. He believes that the Virginia Beach officials should have deported Ramos after his first offense and claims the illegal aliens “have no right to be here” (Youtube.com). On the other hand, Rivera states that “this is not an illegal immigration case, it is a drunk driving case,” and feels that O’Reilly is belittling the death of those killed by drunk drivers who were legal (Youtube.com).
MeShelle Locke 16, of Lacey, Washington was suspended from school for four days for making a hand gesture of a gun at another student and saying “Bang.” The boy whom MeShelle often joked with asked “Is that a threat” jokingly. She replied “No, that’s a promise.” This prank resulted in, out of school suspension. So has gun laws changed after the Columbine shooting on April 20, 1999? Here’s a few facts: May 1999 | In the wake of the Columbine shootings, Congress holds heated gun-control debates. Then-Vice President Al Gore cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate to require background checks for firearms purchases at gun shows and
During the movie while Michael Moore is talking to people he is trying to find out why American history is so violent and why Americans are so scared of any tiny thing that might happen and why other countries aren’t the same even if the all have violent TV programs and violent video games and even there violent history but he cannot find out why Americans are always so violent no matter what he tries. The difference between American gun laws and Danish gun laws are extremely different. Danish gun laws make it much harder to get a gun in Denmark than in America. This is because Americans are used to relying on weapons to protect them selves because things are much worse and much more violent there. This is what Michael Moore was trying to prove in his movie, that Americans are violent for no reason because they afraid of losing their rights and Michael Moore tries to show us this through his documentary, was very truthful about how violent and paranoid Americans are.
He makes a point to inform viewers that the U.N. nation’s gun-grab agreement is unconstitutional, politically suicidal for those who support it, and down-right-idiotic (2012). He really does have a variety of personal clips of political representatives using them as media propaganda to inform the viewers the pros and cons on gun control. He states that when guns were banned in Great Britain, murders increased by 41%. In New Orleans during the hurricane, the crime rate increased from people entering houses. They showed a picture of a map of a location where someone’s daughter would be in the event an emergency broke out.