The US and Their Guns: An American Story (2019)

• 78%
• 2019
• Documentary
• Romain Besnainou

Nearly twenty years after the Columbine massacre that killed thirteen people, Nikolas Cruz shot seventeen people in his former high school in Parkland, Florida, armed with an assault rifle he had legally purchased at the age of 18. Fed up with insecurity, the students of the school decided to attack the NRA (National Riffle Association), the pro-gun lobby in the United States. With 5 million members, this organization manages to impose its law on the political world, by paying millions to candidates who are favorable to it. This documentary tells the story of this unprecedented youth revolt and explains the mechanisms that allow the NRA to have such an influence on American society.