We actually had a discussion about this movie in one my classes last semester. Michael Moore set his movie up to have people believe a certain thing -- obviously. As much as I do not approve the use of guns by anyone other than those licensed to have one with a good reason, he made Charleton Heston look ridiculous.
In actuality, Heston really did schedule NRA rallies in those towns long before the shootings -- and Moore put it together in a way that really made Heston look bad. Also, at the end of the movie -- when he stops at Heston's home and interviews him -- he never even told Heston the real reason he was stopping by to see him. Plus, Heston has some sort of disease -- I forget what it was -- that makes it hard for him to think on his feet like that. Moore really made him look like a fool -- it was ridiculous.
Something that really made me laugh was the way Moore tried to subtly slip in that the minority in Canada was nearly the same amount as in the United States, and therefore, that could not be the reason for gun violence in the US. I believe he said there was a 13% minority in Canada -- that's not even close to the minorty in the United States.![]()
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