Guest guest Posted January 20, 2004 Report Share Posted January 20, 2004 Idol wrote: > - > >> and I've heard that there was also a >> scene in which he was given a gun for signing up for a bank account, >> and I don't see how anyone with half a brain could believe that that >> was real. > > That appears to have been genuine. The bank doesn't deny it was > offering a gun for people signing up to get accounts, and on camera > they just gave him the gun (it's been awhile since I saw the movie, > so I'm fuzzy on some of the details now) but later, when it brewed > into a scandal, the bank started insisting that actually, customers > only get a gun after some kind of waiting period, and they made an > exception for . I haven't followed this up in depth, but > has insisted he's offered all the proof necessary to show that he was > treated as any other customer would've been -- the complete unedited > tapes of the encounter. Well I'll be! They actually were giving out guns, but here's another version of the story: http://www.bowlingfortruth.com/bowlingforcolumbine/scenes/bank.htm If this is true, then I was giving too much credit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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