The main issue this movie explores is the concern of gun control. To explore this issue, Michael Moore first uses the tragedy of Columbine High School as an example. Michael Moore interviews parents, school employees, and students about the tragedy. The question that he asks is how such a thing could happen. He then continues to explore this issue by investigating how easy gun access is. Two students who were injured during the Columbine attack, both still having bullets inside their bodies, one being paralyzed from the waist down, were interviewed about what happened. Both were outraged that the gun and ammunitions were bought from the local K-Ma

A possible answer that Michael Moore found was the media playing a very significant role in violence. While in Canada, Moore compared American news telecasts to that of Canadians. Moore found that American telecasts sensationalized gun related murders, instilling fear into the American population. Canadian telecasts on the other hand, hardly even mention crime as a part of their news. Moore theorized, and I agree, that the media is at least partly responsible for instilling fear into the population, increasing gun related deaths. America’s murder rate actually decreased by 20%, but the media’s coverage increased the rate by 600%. Americans are conditioned by television and local news stations, which almost brain washes people to believe that the communities are more dangerous than what they actually are. Although the crime rates increased, the fear of crime, thanks to the media and politicians has increased. When Moore asked a local media camera crew to choose between covering a story on a shooting or a baby drowning in the river, the choice was the gun. Moore moved on to talk to the producer for the show “COPS”. Moore asked why he does not cover shows that show what causes a crime rather than chasing criminals down and he replied by saying, “The show would not do well.” Moore went onto asking why he does not do a reality show based on Corporate Criminals, and he responded that people have money and have ways of getting away with things.

Overall, Bowling for Columbine was an extremely well done film. I think it will be an eye opener for a lot of America, and I hope many get to see it. Michael Moore brought up a lot of interesting questions, and

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