Bowling For Columbine - Review

 Moore's construction (and inaccuracies) of Canada

Moore attempts to contrast montage of the U.S. with the attitude prevailing in Canada, where he states that gun ownership is at similar levels to the U.S. He illustrates his thesis by visiting neighborhoods in Canada near the Canada-U.S. border, where he finds front doors unlocked and much less concern over crime and security. Moore travels across the U.S. with forays to our neighbour to the north, to try to get to the bottom of the burning question: Why does the United States have a murder rate of over 11000 per year when Canada, for example, has a higher rate of unemployment, seven million guns shared among ten million households, and has a kill ratio that is a small fraction of that in the U.S.? An animated history of America hilariously skewers America's national blood lust, while providing a neat segue to his most cogent exploration and contrast - that of fear in America and the vast difference between the United States and Canada, where seven million guns are present in ten million households but murder is practically nonexistent. Moore states that Canada is a place where people are unconcern of crimes, but this is very untrue. Canada does have high unemployment rates and owns more than seven million guns. However, the reason why Canada has a small fraction of kill ratio compared to the U.S. is because Canada does not have the "national blood lust," like in America. If you look at Canada's history, there was not any controversial events or incidents that built more fear of foreigners. Also Canada is a multicultural country, therefore, there is less anxiety of racial discrimination in comparison to the United States, where racial discrimination is a huge issue, just like in this film.