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United States of Guns! With reference to the documentary United States of Guns. Write an extended essay discussing how the film makers techniques (technical, symbolic etc) encourage a particularly critical response to gun ownership? America started of, as a free country, in a new continent. People's rights were not constricted, and in the constitution it was a God's given right to own a gun. Because of this, guns were, and remain prevalent in the American society. There is a very strong pro gun lobby and the laws in many states make it very easy to own a gun. While the majority believes that gun ownership has merits and positive aspects, there is a growing demand that access of the guns by criminals and children must be eliminated. This documentary "The United States of Guns" portrays this through the use of different techniques such as symbolic, technical and audio codes. The documentary makes people feel that guns cause pain and suffering that is taking over America. Symbolism is when there is a representation of something to express abstract and mystical ideas. So filmmakers would use symbolic codes to add a deeper meaning behind what is shown. Such techniques used to help the documentary were the people, with their