Bowling for Columbine

                During class last week, we watched the movie Bowling for Columbine. I thought it was a good movie. Michael Moore had a point on whether or not guns kill people or if people kill people. In the film Moore goes to Canada where he talks to people and they say they don’t have people killing people. I think that this is because people should be smart enough to realize that killing other people isn't the answer to anything.

 Moore also decided to ask if they locked their doors, turns out they don’t. Not locking your doors could be a problem but in Canada they trust that no one is going to randomly walk in their house with a gun and shoot them. The 2^nd amendment is the right to bear arms; this has to deal with the gun control. There can be things done to the society to help the gun control. There can be a limit to how many guns a person can own or how many you can have in one household.

 What can be done to help the schools become safer? There can be metal detectors in schools, so that kids have to go through them before they can enter the schools. This will help with the risk of any guns or weapons being in the school. Schools can even monitor visitors more carefully or kids that they think are dangerous or they have heard the kids say something that might make them suspicious of wanting to harm someone in anyway.  

How do the Medias play a part in the society of gun shootings? If you see something on TV you would want to try it out too, wouldn't you? People watching TV could think that since it was on TV why not try it out in the real world. I think that if someone watches a violent movie that they are going to think they can do it in real life. When in reality you shouldn't try something just because you saw it in the media.

                What does the future hold for gun laws? People are arguing about if there needs to be more watching on people buying guns, this includes like background checks and mental health record checks. Points on semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity clips are being debated on if they should be banned or not. I think that a mental health background check is a good idea because you never know where a person comes from. The person buying the next gun behind you could be from a house that has a violent history and that person could be going out to kill someone that did nothing wrong. Barack Obama would rather us not have assault weapons. He would like for the assault weapons to be taken away from everyone.