Throughout his documentary Moore addresses the roots of this violence, and explores the Oklahoma City bombing and the Columbine shooting, which he blames on fear. He also blames the easy access to guns in the United States. In the Constitution, the second amendment protects “the right of the people to keep and bear arms.” In the documentary Moore interviews James Nichols (brother of Oklahoma bombing Terri Nichols), Nichols says that he should be able to not only bear arms (guns), but also own any gun he wants. Why? To point out that it is constitutional, and can be protected at all times.
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.
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. This matter is brought up by Rock Artist Marilyn Manson whos music was targeted by the media in the wake of The Columbine Massacre as a cause of the mass shooting. “It’s a campaign of fear and consumption” says Manson, “Keep the people scared and they will consume”. Moore seems to agree as he plays a montage of TV news headlines that blast viewers with images of crime after crime. This shows the viewer how Americans are not being shown the more important news story’s when a clip reveals “new speedbumps” being setup in a peaceful town in Canada.
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. Moore's documentary has positioned me to feel that although it is americas history to have the right to bare arms,the law is not really required any more, and although some Americans are purely gun enthusiasts, there should not be such a high rate of people being allowed to own. There should be more licensing requirement put in place so as to help to limit the crime rate in America. For example when Moore sees A add in the paper saying of you open up a account at the bank you will get a free gun. Through interviews moore's makes people look how he wants them to look.
eBowling for Columbine Michael Moore’s ”Bowling for columbine” is a documentary, which shows that the Americans live in a nation with millions of handguns, but that is not what bother Moore the most. What bothers him the most is that the Americans so frequently shoot them at one another. Michael Moore tells us about the National Rifle Association, and about the Columbine massacre. Horrifying security-camera footage from the massacre is being showed, and Michel Moore introduces us to two students from Columbine High school, who both lives with bullets in their bodies. What is especially fantastic in this documentary is that Michael Moore is able to shows us those scary pictures who make people think.
Media coverage of the murder trial of Nancy Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman was massive; the label “Trial of the Century” was slammed on newspapers and magazines to boost sales. This trial weaved its way so deeply into pop culture and received overly extensive media coverage because O.J. Simpson was famous. Does that make this act of violence any more inhumane? Does the publicity affect the results, and does that make the unexpected results more outrageous?
Gun casualties and incidents throughout the country have woken the public up from its ignorance and shown them the danger guns can pose to society (Martinez, 2013). While some people want a complete blanket ban on the ownership of guns, others wants an easier access to guns so that every person may look after their own security. Part of what makes the term gun control a very controversial topic is that it’s used in a ambiguous way that does not explain the details of the issue and the demands, apart from literally controlling guns. The two prominent sides of the debate are the groups who ask for liberal gun laws that make it easier for a person to procure guns and conversely, there are groups who want to repeal the second amendment. I personally am a strong believer that an “ideal society” should have no guns; nevertheless crime is a big problem to the citizens of our society and guns are necessary.
Violent Crime is on the Increase Because of Gun Control Gun Control in England Gun control is an act by the controlling government to limit or eliminate the sale or use of guns. England has taken this idea to the max and now has the strictest laws concerning guns in any free country. England’s politicians have yet to discover that gun control laws do not protect its people. Crime rates have increased in all of England and it now has the most crime compared to any other democratic country in the world (Smith). Gun control does not work for many reasons such as ; it gives criminals more confidence (Smith) , limits the the civilians ability to protect themselves, and in the end is a direct cause of an increase in violent crime.
Would carrying a concealed weapon make every day citizens feel safer knowing they have something to defend themselves with instead of standing by and watching while criminals break in their homes or even rob them on the streets. What if having that weapon is a matter of life or death for you? The one question people toy around with is if the right to bear arms is unconstitutional. Some say that the second amendment is meant for only a well-regulated militia to have the right to bear arms, or that the fact of being able to carry guns is just silly. 2 Info The right to bear arms is presented in the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
However, controlling the distribution and sales of registered guns and owners is necessary because of the criminals that use for them for violence and the homicide rates we have in this nation today. The purchasing and owning of guns and the purpose they are used for should be under control to prevent crimes of passion, reduce accidental deaths that involve handguns, and minimize gun related suicide. There are many sound reasons firearms should be controlled in the United States (Gun Control Facts 2013) Benefits of Gun Control One of the more important reasons guns should be controlled in the United States would be to reduce the number of crimes of passion. A crime of passion usually involves last minutes hasty decisions involving gun fire. Many people are shot following or in the result of verbal confrontations.