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Originally posted by sycamore:
I haven't seen the flick yet, but in Bowling for Columbine, there was a bank that apparently offered you a gun if you started an account. Juju saw the movie; he'd know.

I've read that this scene, among others in the movie, was staged for effect (or is it "affect?")...

Forbes reports that an early scene in "Bowling" in which Mr. Moore tries to demonstrate how easy it is to obtain guns in America was staged. He goes to a small bank in Traverse City, Mich., that offers various inducements to open an account and claims "I put $1,000 in a long-term account, they did the background check, and, within an hour, I walked out with my new Weatherby," a rifle.

But Jan Jacobson, the bank employee who worked with Mr. Moore on his account, says that only happened because Mr. Moore's film company had worked for a month to stage the scene. "What happened at the bank was a prearranged thing," she says. The gun was brought from a gun dealer in another city, where it would normally have to be picked up. "Typically, you're looking at a week to 10 days waiting period," she says. Ms. Jacobson feels used: "He just portrayed us as backward hicks."

I haven't seen it either, but after all I've read about it, I'd like to read it so I can make up my own mind. Here's another interesting link about it:

http://www.hardylaw.net/Truth_About_Bowling.html