Amanda --->Cold dead hands (or a lawyer), was Bowling for Columbine

[joywitch_m_curmudgeon]

Bowling for Columbine is, IMO, an excellent film.  As Kathyrn 
mentioned, it won this year's Academy Award for Best Documentary.  It 
has also won a lot of other awards, including one from a group of 
Documentary Filmmakers voted it "the best documentary of all times." 

Kathyrn has explained the odd name, which is in keeping with Michael 
Moore's particular sense of humor.  It's really a very moving and 
thoughtful movie, which I would recommend that everyone -- no matter 
what your feelings about gun control -- should see.

**25 point trivia bonus** 
What song does Moore use during the final credits?

**100 point trivia bonus**
Who's singing it?

I think that Saitania has a very good point about how guns are not 
safe.  Whenever there are guns, there will be accidents.  Does that 
mean that they should be outlawed altogether?  I don't know -- I go 
back and forth on that issue.  You can't outlaw everything dangerous -
- if you could we'd have to outlaw automobiles, which are the most 
dangerous machines even invented, in terms of the numbers of people 
killed by them.  

I certainly believe that there is absolutely no reason why anyone who 
doesn't have a professional reason should be allowed to own anything 
other than a hunting rifle.  And I, personally, feel that hunting is 
somewhat barbaric, but I'm sure I do things that others consider 
barbaric (e.g., eating meat), so go ahead and shoot the little 
bunnies, Amanda. :-D

And I agree, Amanda, that teaching your kids respect for guns is a 
good thing, and I trust you, personally, because I know that you are 
smart and sensible, to keep the loaded rifles away from the 
toddlers.  But the reason why the doctor asks you if you have guns is 
because it *is* one the biggest threats to child safety in the U.S.  
Thousands of kids are killed in gun accidents every year.  These are 
not just freak accidents, which as you pointed out can happen 
anywhere, anytime, but mostly they are caused by morons who leave 
loaded guns or ammunition lying around where their uneducated kids 
can get their hands on them.  That doctor doesn't know that you are 
not one of those morons, and I'm glad he asks.

--Joywitch