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Is Bowling for Columbine true or a lie?
Okay so I've just watched BCF and really could not believe what was being said and I want to know If It's true...Mainly about the barber shops selling bullets and a free gun being given away for opening up a certain account in Michigan. My boyfriend's friend said to me once that my country is full of criminals(I'm from Australia) and I really don't like people saying that when the state they live in is giving away free guns to be honest and I don't like repeating things that really aren't fact so yeah, does anyone know if it's true? And please don't attack me for this question since it's just out of curiosity. Being from where I am, I don't have experience in this kind of thing seeing as our gun laws are quite strict and the only gun I've been close to is one attached to a police officer and he wouldn't let me touch it -.-
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Many things presented in Bowling For Columbine are true. It is true that barber shop sold bullets, and true that the bank in Michigan gave guns away as a promotion. (Although the bank claimed, after the fact, that their policy was to conduct background checks on rifle recipients and mail the rifles to a licensed gun dealer.)
It is true, absolutely true, that there is a problem with gun culture in parts of America. The rates of gun violence are absurdly high. ([Link](Mouse over link to see full location)). Even countries with denser and poorer populations don't have the kind of gun violence that the US does.
However, like many documentaries, Bowling For Columbine also distorts facts and statements to support it's thesis, and leaves out things that might present arguments against it. It exaggerates and misleads.
The movie cuts up quotes and using quotes out of context, to make them sound as tho they came from one speech, when they were in fact, put together for many.
Many people dislike Michael Moore and his tactics. His movies are certainly more entertainment than they are strictly documentaries.
Just like you shouldn't believe everything Michael Moore tells you, You shouldn't just accept what his critics say either: As in most things, the truth lies someplace in between, and a dishonest argument is never a good thing, but it doesn't mean a person's conclusion is completely wrong.
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I did some research for you on the web. While Bowling for Columbine is billed as a documentary it is actually a work of fiction.
If you want to find out more go to the following website: [Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
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