Bowling for Columbine is extremely effective at eliciting a reaction from its viewers. Regardless of whether or not a viewer agrees with Moore’s opinions, they can not ignore his compelling evidence. By utilizing fact and human emotion captured on film, each of Moore’s points is amplified by each shot Moore captures. Of the points Moore made, the biggest revelation for myself was how much the American media focuses on fear. All of American media is so focused on selling their news, insuring corporate sponsorship and advertisement money, that everything they broadcast is full of blood guts. I think is goes a long way to answer the question about what causes the American populace to shoot itself with such frequency.
We are constantly barraged with images of crimes and murders that I makes enormous sense for us to be afraid of the world and find such a need to keep guns close at hand. Unlike Canada, who has enjoy guns for recreational reasons, we have them to “protect” ourselves, and as long as we have the mentality that we need something as powerful as a firearm to protect us from the supposed threats of the wicked world, we are going to keep on blasting away at each other. The other thing that impressed me was the attitude of other nations. Why is it so hard for us to emulate the countries like Canada and redirect our ideals towards those that actually benefit the people. Instead, we are constantly driven to work the system, to use politics as a means of coming into power and playing hardball, with politicians putting their careers ahead of their ideals. We need to forget about personal gain, and start working towards bringing our country to a point where we would rather let a stranger into talk instead of pointing a gun at them..
The Essay on Gun Control Guns Americans One
Gun Control With the possible exception of abortion, no other current issue has split the country in two like the debate surrounding gun control. Both sides are equally adamant. The pro gun side, as represented by the National Rifle Association, continues to oppose all gun control measures primarily on the grounds that any law restricting gun ownership is unconstitutional. Proponents of gun ...
