Gun, gun, guns

Numb to America's Cult of Death

I am numb to the carnage. When the news broke out of Maine I was not shocked. I shrugged. Young people gunned down. A slaughter of innocents in smalltown America. I paused and shrugged.

I opined for decades about the issue to no avail and now my children and grandchildren are growing up in a world that is less safe than the one I grew up in. We are living in a nation swept up in a Cult of Death.

I grew up in a military family familiar with guns. The Master Sergeant chose not to own a gun. He’d seen enough carnage, I guess. On my mom’s side we had farmers who hunted for food on the table. I am familiar with guns and gun safety. In my view every citizen has a right to small arm self defense, with licensing, permits and training, but no right to own a combat weapon. Most gun owners favor regulation of firearms. Our politicians are either insane, bought off with blood money or gutless.

Here are a few of my cartoons on the issue of guns in America. Some are decades old.

Links to groups you can join to change our laws:

Moms Demand Action

Giffords

Everytown