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“Behind the Bullet” — A Profoundly Moving Documentary Film and Clarion Call for a Change in How We Handle Guns in America
I don’t care what your position on the Second Amendment is, but you if don’t believe America has a problem with gun violence and we’re not doing enough to stop it, then you’re a lost cause. Move along. For the rest of us, the documentary film “Behind the Bullet” is a must-see.
The filmmaker behind the camera of “Behind the Bullet” is a Columbine High School graduate name Heidi Yewman. Heidi’s graduation preceded the mass shooting by a few years, but she knew one of the teachers who was gunned down in 1999.
Twenty years later, America has become numb to the nearly weekly rampages of men with guns (usually assault rifles) shooting up educational institutions, workplaces, entertainment venues, and houses of worship. The incidents are in the headlines for a day or two, then disappear from the public’s consciousness.
We need a longer and deeper perspective of these tragedies — and the millions of less spectacular ones that happen multiple times a day in our huge country but don’t make the national news. This is where Heidi’s…