bowling for columbine essay

Acts of aggression by the U.S. government influences a culture of violence.

111,375 Americans are killed by guns every year. Violent acts of the U.S. military promoted by there government tell the nation to be more violent. The Government promotes violent acts to be seen on TV and in news papers. The government allows gun sales and easy access to guns which enables the country to carry out the aggression they have been informed of. Acts of aggression by the U.S. government influences a culture of violence.

Violent acts of the U.S. military promoted by the U.S. government tell the nation to be more violent. 1963 to 1975: the military kills 4 million people in South East Asia and this shows acts of violence to the nation.  In 1981 Reagan administration funds contras. 30000 Nicaraguans die. In 1998 Clinton bombed weapons factory in Sudan. The factory turned out to be making Aspirin.  Many people were upset about this pointless destruction and killing do to false Intel. There is an estimate of half a million Iraqi children die from bombing and sanctions. These acts of violence show the nation that the government does not care a whole lot about civilian casualties and large death rates due to the nations military. The columbine murders were a result of the cultures violence.

The government promotes violent acts to be to be seen on TV and in news papers. In relation to Michael Moore’s documentary the 6 year old shooting near Flint MI shows the culture the violence that goes on. The 911 call made by the teacher of the class room where the little boy shot the little girl showed great distress for the little girl. In the call it informed us that the little girl was shot in the class room and laid on the floor turning white and not breathing. It said the little boy had been taken to the office and the little girl was covered in blood. Michael Moore quotes “what could bring about such a terrible thing, for a first grader to shoot another first grader there must be something wrong with society”.  That school had set the record for youngest school shooting in America.

The government promotes gun sales and easy access to guns which allows the country to carry out the aggression they have been informed of. The U.S. being the leading country in gun murders tells us that the easy gun access is resulting in more deaths of the nation’s people from shootings. The NRA has allowed guns to be bought with out much difficulty. Almost every American keeps a gun in there home because as Michael Moore says the people live in fear. An example of this in the movie is Michael Moore just walking into peoples houses to see there reactions. If Michael hadn’t explained himself the residents would have picked up a gun for fear of their lives. Some pistol wielding, stealing, crook could be on the other side of that door. All of the governments promotion of fear and violence helps cause the people to purchase guns and worry about safety. Ironically they think safety is obtained through violence. Answer fire with fire.

Americans live in a violent dangerous culture. They have the largest gun murder count out of any country. Something needs to be done about all the people being killed by guns in the nation. Tragedy needs to be ceased and the government needs to stop showing so much violence in the media and the answer to there problems should not always be to kill the other party. The American Nations ways need to be changed.