Bowling for Columbine
...of people, the killings are not caused by the large amount of guns or the sheer simplicity of getting a hold of one, or ammo – straight from K-Mart, as other countries have even more guns, and almost no rules for acquiring or wielding them, Middle East for example. Not a violent history, because other countries such as Germany and France slew millions of people in the past, much more that the U.S. Not the passion for, gory video games and violent movies, because other countries love all that too. Not poverty, unemployment, and ethnic diversity, as many countries have a much higher poverty and unemployment rate. Also, around 13% of Canada is made up of immigrants from all over the world and sill there’s only around 70 deaths caused by firearms each year. So if these, much believed, are not the reasons for the 11 thousand deaths by guns in U.S. then what are? As Mr. Moore continues his exploration and the finalizing of his central message, he begins to identify the real roots of this gun problem. Two arguments are the prime causes: The modern gun culture of America, which fuels the absurd understanding of self-defense and converts people that are ill in the head into lethal weapon wielding psychos, but sadly it’s all legal and is one of their rights which are protected by their constitution. As well the U.S. media, which is constantly keeping American people scared and paranoid of everything, wh...