![]() ![]() ![]() I’m sick of thoughts and prayers so this is my cartoon: There are lots of cartoonists who feel the same way. There are so many numbers floating around out there that attempt to detail how the NRA influences Congress. I found lists that show the “top twenty” recipients of NRA funding, but it doesn’t really look that bad. It is only when you dig deeper (thank you Center for Responsive Politics) that you can begin to see all the threads: direct contributions to politicians, independent expenditures, independent expenditures against an opponent, etc., need to be taken together to understand the NRA’s (and other groups’) influence. I’m sure I’ll be doing more cartoons about this in the near future, in the meantime, be sure to check out more of my work and go behind-the-scenes on my Patreon page. In deep red Texas the response is standard, Republican thoughts and prayers. This is one of those cartoons where the research just sucked me down the rabbit hole. The deeper you look, the more awful this really is. Sure, assault weapons aren’t the only culprit in this tragedy. This and most other mass shootings require a warped mind as well as the tools to carry out an attack. But it seems to me the common denominator, and the most readily-solved part of the problem, is incredibly easy access to guns. If eggs have the American Egg Board, guns have the National Rifle Association-but don’t be fooled, they aren’t working for responsible gun owners, the NRA is working for gun manufacturers. These condolence pictures are all our own, created ourselves, and free to use on the likes of Facebook or Twitter. Rick McKee Al Goodwyn explains the physics of politics in his latest cartoon Cartoon: Thanksgiving Day Parade 2022 Read todays cartoon by Jeff Koterba. Now that we have had the deadliest mass-shooting in the history of the United States, can we please do something to help stop the carnage? Sadly, I’m not too hopeful-if we didn’t do much after twenty 6 and 7-year-olds were massacred in their classrooms, we probably won’t do much when 49 people partying at a gay club are gunned down. Below you’ll find a huge selection of our very own images of condolence. ![]()
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