Gun control (Bowling for Columbine)

In government class, we watched a documentary called Bowling for Columbine, which was directed by Michael Moore. The movie is about the Columbine massacre and how guns, gun laws, and the media play into the scenario.  The movie also shows the different views that people have on gun control and guns in general.

A question comes to my mind when I first watched this movie: how does the 2^nd amendment play into our society today? The 2^nd amendment states that all people have the right to bear arms. So what does that mean? In my mind, it means that all people should be able to own guns. Now, I also think that the government should have a bit of control over the people who can buy guns and how many they can buy. In our society today, I think that people want to own guns, but they don’t want to have the government placing any restrictions on guns.

I believe that the government should have some pull when it comes to gun control, but I think that there is also a boundary that the government shouldn't be able to cross. That boundary is punishing the innocent gun owners for the wrong doings of the guilty. The president passed 23 executive orders and in these orders the president wants to ban assault rifles. Also, he wants to place a ban on high capacity magazines. Most people don’t know that during Clinton's term there was a ban on high capacity magazines, and it seemed to help. I am totally fine with that. The reason why I am okay with that is because you don’t need an assault rifle or a fifty round drum to kill a deer. The people running assault rifles kill humans. Guns don’t kill people; people kill people.

The media is also a huge contributing factor to our society. If you watch the news nowadays, you will agree that the news shows a lot of violent scenarios dealing with guns. The news is trying to get the American people scared into thinking that something bad is going to happen if they don’t have a gun to protect themselves. The media is also trying to promote the gun ownership by showing broadcasts that are very gun enthusiastic. If they promote guns in time, they hope that it will come back into something else that they can scare the public with.

We as a society can do things to help stop things like Columbine. We as citizens can help the government by identifying people that probably shouldn't be having guns. Teachers in our schools could be putting their classes into a lock down position (doors and windows locked). Parents can be teaching their children about the dangers of guns to themselves and to other people. There are ways to help stop this from happing again; we just have to find it.

Columbine was a horrible tragedy; it happened because of the society that we live in today, the lack of gun control, and the media. People should have the right to own guns. Gun control just needs a little bit more work.

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