Exploring the Culture of Gun Violence in America: Bowling for Columbine Investigates

Bowling for Columbine Name Institutional affiliations Date Bowling for Columbine is a documentary film done in 2002 which won the Academy Award for best documentary. The documentary was written by Michael Moore, who also produced, directed, and did the narration. Bowling for Columbine talks about the possible causes of gun violence in the United States of America. The narration focuses on happenings that took place in Columbine High School in 1999. The documentary focuses on the circumstances under which the said massacre took place, considering public opinions and the assumptions relating to the gun control regulations in the United States of America. The narrator further suggested that the shootings are a larger part of the American culture that is usually enveloped with fear and a need to own guns for protection and a false sense of security. Further, Moore argues that the American culture is very insecure that most likely they happen violently when things happen. Several other people are interviewed in the documentary. Among them includes the Columbine shooting survivors, some members of the Michigan militia, the K-mart officials of whom some sold the bullets, and the president of the National Rifle Association. Moore did all these interviews were done in trying to answer one question; why is the crime rate, especially crimes associated with firearms, substantially higher than those of other nations? Gun control is a legal measure that is usually intended to prevent guns' possession and use, mainly firearms. In most the developed countries, gun control is generally strict and firm, typically uncontroversial. It is not unusual to find fraught political issues surrounding gun control in other nations citing that guns are necessary for safety against dangerous infringement of personal libert