Bowling for Columbine
We have recently watched the film
“Bowling for Columbine” in our government class. It was a very good movie and I
thought it was full of good educational information. The movie is a documentary
where Michael Moore goes all over the country to ask people about their views
on gun control. Moore did a great job making this documentary and he knew
exactly what to say to really get people thinking.
The media plays a huge role in a
society filled with guns and violence. Michael Moore investigated the media in
this movie and witnessed how it is used in many cases to scare and frighten the
people. These people may be living in a nice, calm, rather peaceful community,
but the media shows all the violence and scares the people. Take the local news
for example, the majority of the stories on there about all the bad that is
happening in the area and they take less time to focus on the good. Moore
observed this by interviewing people from other countries and comparing their
news to the news that we watch in America. Members of the Canadian society
agree that while their local news focuses on good things occurring in the area,
news in the US is more focused on the bad things happening.
One of the biggest questions asked
when talking about gun control is, do guns kill people or do people kill
people? I don’t know, let me ask you, do cars make people drive drunk? Do
pencils misspell words on their own? Last time I checked, none of these objects
have a mind of its own and is completely useless unless someone is operating
it. Guns don’t kill people – people kill people. Michael Moore talks about this
topic in an article with The Washington Times and he believes this is only half
right though. He said he would change it to, “guns don’t kill people –
Americans kill people.”
The second amendment gives all
Americans the right to keep and bear arms. Just because it’s a right that all
American citizens have doesn’t mean you should abuse this right. The people who
are killing innocent people are definitely abusing this right. I don’t believe
that the people writing the Constitution intended for people to use this right
to kill other people.
Society is trying to make
communities safer against gun violence. Many schools everywhere are beginning
to enforce stricter zero tolerance rules against weapons in school or on school
grounds. There doing this to try and create the safest environment possible for
the kids.
The only way for the government to
end gun violence is for the government to take total control over guns. I think
it is impossible for the government to take total control over guns and I don’t
believe they should have total control over guns and take the right away from
the innocent people who don’t abuse their right to have guns. So what does the
future hold for America and gun laws? Nobody knows.
That is very true that people kill people but guns are still part of it too. Not just people are to blame. It is good that schools are taking charge in safety.
ReplyDeletethat's so true it is Americans kill people because we have the most gun murders in the world. its a great idea to update to our society for the school safety.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your point that just because we have the right to bear arms, doesn't mean we should abuse it. Also that people who use it to kill are the ones that are abusing the right. Those who don't shouldn't be punished along with them. Good blog!
ReplyDeleteI also agree with your thought that there are people in this world who over abuse their right to bear arms, and think that since they have that right they can do whatever they want. Also, I agree with you, why should I be punished for doing nothing wrong. Stellar blog!
ReplyDeleteI like your blog. I agree wit idea that the only way for the government to end gun violence is for the government to take total control over guns. I'm also agree that it's impossible.
ReplyDeletel also agree that it was a good movie and it taught me a lot of different facts. I also agree on the fact that media does a good job scaring people with violence on the news. I'm also in agreement on the fact that people kill people and guns are just a tool that the people use to kill.
ReplyDeleteI would like to know your thoughts on Obama's executive orders he signed into effect.
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