Why do 11,000 Americans every year lose their lives to gun violence? Talking heads blaming everything from Satan to video games are broadcast from every television camera. But are we that dissimilar to many other nations? What distinguishes us? How did we come to be both the perpetrators and victims of such massive amounts of violence? This film is not about gun control. It is a film about the scared heart and spirit of the United States and the fortunate 280 million Americans who have the constitutional right to possess an Uzi. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of Oscar-winning NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook to the murder of a six-year-old girl by another six-year-old, Bowling for Columbine is a journey through America and our past in an attempt to discover why our pursuit of happiness is so violent.
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Why do 11,000 Americans every year lose their lives to gun violence? Talking heads blaming everything from Satan to video games are broadcast from every television camera. But are we that dissimilar to many other nations? What distinguishes us? How did we come to be both the perpetrators and victims of such massive amounts of violence? This film is not about gun control. It is a film about the scared heart and spirit of the United States and the fortunate 280 million Americans who have the constitutional right to possess an Uzi. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of Oscar-winning NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook to the murder of a six-year-old girl by another six-year-old, Bowling for Columbine is a journey through America and our past in an attempt to discover why our pursuit of happiness is so violent.
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