1. “Bowling for Columbine” was an emotional and somewhat satirical look at gun use in America. This documentary more specifically revolved around the Columbine school shooting incident. I found it was quite moving and humorous at how Michael Moore shows us how wrong the gun market is in America. The explicitly violent footage of various crimes and historical events get the point across and are convincing. To me, it was an in-depth look at gun violence in America, and it was a documentary that didn’t put me to sleep.
  2. It would depend on where I lived in the US, but for the most part, I would not want to own a firearm. As said in “Bowling for Columbine”, crime rates have dropped by at least 20%, so obviously there is less to worry about, and less urgency to carry a firearm. Also, the fact that I’m still in adolescence makes me not trust myself in owning a gun.
  3. I think that gun violence in the US is in high levels because of the level of fear caused by the media (i.e. news reports). The amount of exaggerated crimes you hear about on national television invokes fear in people, giving them the impression that they should protect themselves, whether it’s with an obscene amount of locks, or with weapons.
  4. The issues and themes presented within “Bowling for Columbine” involve violence, racism, and crime. “Bowling for Columbine” discusses violence and crimes as seen in the media and as seen in reality and compares the two. Racism and segregation are issues in documentary and are heavily discussed in a huge segment of the movie. Moore even went as far as to travel to Canada and observe diversity and comparing the crime and violence rate.
  5. History could provide a motive for why there is such a high level of violence in America in comparison to other countries.  As said in the documentary, there are over 11,000 gun-based murders in the US, and that is a lot more than that of other countries who have just as much access to firearms.
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  7. Being Canadian myself, I could simply be bias and say “because Canada is way better than the US.” However, in all seriousness, I think Canada has less gun crime because of how interdependent and diverse all of the residents are, and how Canadian behavior isn’t as harsh as Americans who resolve problems with violence. In “Bowling for Columbine”, several of the Canadian residents said things like “the segregation is more intense in America”, or “we do hate each other, but we don’t go as far as to killing them.”