With the enormous amount of attention given by the media guns are constantly in the spotlight, and never for the right reasons. Bad news sells, and business is good for the mainstream media outlets. Many politicians, and understandably the families of victims of gun related crimes, are calling for changes to laws pertaining to gun control. They’re requesting that background checks be more thorough, and that ammunition be more difficult to obtain, among many other things. I believe that there should be small changes to gun control policy, but that there are no drastic measures needed to be taken.
In Michael Moore’s, “Bowling for Columbine” Moore attempts to try and find the reason behind the United States’ incredibly high number of gun related crimes. He looks into such things as our nation's gun history, the ease of access to guns, violent video games, and violent entertainment. Moore finds that the answer is not here, and extends his search to include the American culture of fear, fear of the black man, and simply huge numbers of gun owners (Moore).
It’s my opinion that Michael Moore does a great job of accomplishing what I see as his underlying goal: to
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The perpetrator they portray? Usually a two to five pound metal object incapable of inflicting ANY harm unless made to do some at the hands of a human being. “Stop the guns, ban the guns, save the people,” says the media. But really, is the gun to blame? Did the gun make the conscious decision to lock a bullet into the chamber? Did the gun choose to depress the trigger? And last, did the gun decide that it wanted to discharge a bullet into the body of the human it was pointed at? The obvious answer of course is no. No the gun is not guilty of any of this. Why? Because the gun is an inanimate object that without the ill intent of human is no more dangerous than a coaster on your coffee