Summary Of The Film 'National Rifle Association'

1. My reactions after watching this movie were extremely shocking. This was the first time I have ever seen this film by Michael Moore. I have heard a lot about this movie and had a pretty good idea of what it was about. However, the rumors I have heard about it does not come close to doing this documentary any justice. The part about the National Rifle Association (NRA), showing up right after the Columbine tragedy was insensitive and just plain disrespectful to the family of the victims and the community.
2. The biases I noticed was how Michael Moore seemed to hold Kmart partially responsible for selling the murders the ammunition that was used in the incident. I don’t completely agree with that due to the fact that Kmart had no reason

to suspect anything wrong in selling ammunition to legal customers. Mostly I don’t agree that Kmart decided to not sell any firearms and ammunition anymore due to pressure from the community due to the making of this documentary. On the other hand, I find it hard to believe that the NRA believes that there is nothing wrong with the current gun laws at the time. I completely believe in the right to bear arms, but only by competent and trained individuals that do not have any psychological conditions that can pose a danger to the public or themselves. Also, I feel those who have violent criminal records should not be allowed to own firearms either.
3. Unfortunately, I do believe that the movie did represent the American Society at that time and still to this day. There needs to be stricter but fair laws on gun ownership. American private citizens seem to be out of control with our control of firearms according to the statistics that were shown in the movie, especially compared to the statistics of other countries around the world. We as Americans need to take greater responsibility for our gun control.
4. I believe the goal of the documentary was to bring serious awareness to not only the United States but to the rest of the world as well. Maybe it was to embarrass us as a country and pressure our lawmakers to make changes for the better. However, it seems like when big money is at stake, it will always fall in favor of where the money can be made. The goal of the movie was definitely met in my opinion. If you watch this movie and think otherwise, there might be something wrong with you.
5. The purpose of this movie was to hopefully open the eyes of the public and more importantly our lawmakers. I think it worked for the public, but not so much for our government. Since then we have had so many other tragedies that involved guns that had no business in the hands of the attackers. We need to close the firearm convention loopholes. To be able to go to a gun convention and purchase guns without a background check is completely ridiculous. We still need stricter gun laws that will not let the mentally ill, those with violent histories, and potential terrorist have any access to firearms.