Why do 11,000 people die in America each year as a result of gun violence? Discussing heads yelling from every TV camera blame everything from Satan to video games. But are we that much different from many other nations? What sets us apart? How do we become both the master and victim of such enormous amounts of violence? This is not just a film about gun control. It's a film about the fearful heart and soul of the USA, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough to possess the right. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the house of Oscar-winning NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook to the murder of a six-year-old girl by yet another six-year-old, Bowling for Columbine is really just a travel through Americathrough yesteryear, hoping to discover why our search for happiness is so riddled with violence.