We’ve just watched Bowling for Columbine. It’s probably quite controversial over in the US, but to me it was mostly thought provoking. Clearly Michael Moore had an agenda related to the NRA, the media and the Work-for-Welfare scheme (or whatever it’s called!)

I kind of expected it to be really anti-gun, but then there was a section on how in Canada, over 33% of the population own guns, yet there is hardly any gun-related murders. Certainly, made me think that Canada would be a nice place to emigrate to! They don’t need to lock their doors! Clearly the amount of guns in the US is not the issue that Moore’s blaming, more the “system”.

It appears that there inaccuracies all over the place as noted here. There are other sites too. This is Michael Moore’s response to the criticisms levelled at him. Both articles are worth reading.

Best points for me were Marylin Manson came over really really well as remarkably bright and able to think for himself. Might have to investigate his music! Also, the reaction of K-Mart to a “stunt” with two Columbine survivors was to remove the sale of bullets within 90 days. This was a great reaction and far more positive than he was expecting and it’s nice to see a corporate do “the right thing”.

Whatever “the truth”, it made me think a bit about gun crime in general and personally I still prefer that Britain doesn’t have guns in every house.

I’d like to be able to leave my door unlocked though…