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Originally posted by j8ear
I don't actually know about Kmart. I fail to see how ~restricting~ where they can be bought from makes any sense.
This is what it all boils down too, I think. What is it about how our children are raised now that is different? What is better? What is worse?
-bear
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My take on the issue is that the answer to your second question, according to Moore's point, is also where you are most likely to find the answer to the first question; that is, he isn't advocating gun (or ammo) control, per se, but rather arguing that the prevelence in our society of violent "tools" and emphasis on violence as a solution to problems leads to gun related homicides.
To that end, he seems to want ammo sold in ammo stores or bait and tackle stores where hunters and target shooters can go to buy it--not in family stores where everyone, children especially, are exposed to guns and ammo.
He might also think that the prevelence in our society leads to a conclusion that they are safe and acceptable things to purchase, trade, and handle.
But I wouldn't be surprised to find that he advocates the presence of such things in a carefully controlled setting (locked in cabinets that only adults frequent, for example) instead of glorified in popular culture. Hopefully then we could expect that people were properly trained and treated weapons with deadly respect as well as ensuring that only adults had access to them.
That's my take on the movie's message and I saw it a few times. Not only did I not notice the other stuff that people bring up, I don't think they are accurately portraying it nor do I think it even matters in any great deal.
edit: shit, how the fuck did I get caught up in this? With all the turmoil in this forum I posted in the wrong thread but ended up answering a question! Sorry, don't have anything to add to the original topic at hand...Whatever...