The US and their Guns – An American Story
Catalogue Number: A296-020
Producer: Maximal Productions
Subject: American History, Criminal Justice & Law, Documentary, Politics, Psychology, Social Sciences, Sociology, Violence
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin: France
Copyright Year: 2018
Running Time: 52:00
One year ago, Nikolas Cruz legally purchased a semi-automatic rifle, walked into his old high school in Parkland, Florida, and killed 17 people. After the event, students decided to take on the all-powerful American gun rights lobby: the National Rifle Association. Tracing the story of a student uprising unlike any seen before, this moving documentary explores how, with its five million members and many political connections, the NRA manages to keep such a permissive gun law alive, and why it has such a strong hold over American society.
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