Gun Control Reform Activism

BigmanPigman

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5. I was watching Bowling For Columbine

Tue Dec 31, 2019, 07:05 PM

Dec 2019

about a month ago (I saw it about 20 years ago) and Michael Moore did a large segment on how instilling fear is used by the media to boost ratings. They promote and exaggerate the actual amounts of violence, thefts, etc and has fueled gun buying in the US. Meanwhile the opposite is true...violence around the world is at its lowest point ever. However, the news needs to boost ratings and make more money so they keep sensationalizing events to make them seem more prevalent than they actually are. Make people unrealistically fearful and they buy guns...simple.

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Imagine a country where churches and schools do not have armed guards. [View all] guillaumeb Dec 2019 OP

Where guns dont out number the citizens. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2019 #1

Oh yes!!! guillaumeb Dec 2019 #2

If I were younger I would head that way ASAP. We are twirling down the toilet and it seems walkingman Dec 2019 #3

It is fear based propaganda. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #4

I was watching Bowling For Columbine BigmanPigman Dec 2019 #5

I never saw the movie, guillaumeb Dec 2019 #7

Here is a tiny clip of the part of the film... BigmanPigman Dec 2019 #10

That church gunman in Texas getting killed won't help things. CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #6

And it validates their flawed narrative. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #8

A Glock in every playpen. CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #11

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That incident showed that arming churches worked. walkingman Dec 2019 #9

It didn't work at Columbine or Parkland, but even a stopped clock is right twice a day. CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #12

Second Amendment Rights? billh58 Jan 2020 #13

I agree with your opinion for the most part. However, I live in the country and I use my rifle for walkingman Jan 2020 #14

No, I would not billh58 Jan 2020 #15

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