Since 1983, Bob Gorrell has been an editorial cartoonist in Richmond, Va. first with the Richmond News Leader and then, starting in 1992, with the Richmond Times-Dispatch. On January 1, 1998, he resigned from the Times-Dispatch to concentrate on syndicated editorial cartoons and comic panel features for Creators Syndicate.
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pdchapin said, 4 months ago
Mental health has nothing to do with most gun deaths. On the other hand, neither do semi-automatic weapons with large clips. Mental health and semi-automatics just get more press. Most gun killings are by completely sane individuals with hand guns.
Zipi said, 4 months ago
There are more deaths (and serious injuries) from people talking/texting while driving but that just isn’t as fun to rally behind by the looney left now isn’t it?
What-D-Hey said, 4 months ago
I never understood the concept of punishing everyone for the sins of a few. Reminds me of the teachers that used to punish the whole class because a few kids acted up.
DrCanuck said, 4 months ago
Oh, here we go again with the Redneck hypocrisy.
Redneck: “Change the culture of violence, change the culture, change the culture.”
Obama: “Ok, we’ll put restrictions on what movies, songs, and video games can be marketed.”
Redneck: “No-o-o-o-o-o, that would be a tyrannical imposition on Free Speech.”
What-D-Hey said, 4 months ago
@HOWGOZIT
No – it is pervasive in both parties – the TSA as a response to terrorism comes to mind. I bristle at that crack organization every time I have to fly – which I definitely try to avoid.
DrCanuck said, 4 months ago
STUNNINGLY stupid cartoon. You can change access to guns by changing the Second Amendment, you can change levels and severity of mental illness with better treatment, but HOW IN THE HELL can you change a culture?
Bruce4671 said, 4 months ago
@DrCanuck
Through education and empowerment. I’ve helped do it. YOU of all people should know this.
echoraven said, 4 months ago
@Bruce4671
well said.
dtroutma
said, 4 months ago
Most homicides in the U.S. ARE the result of handguns, and NOT folks with actual mental illnesses diagnosed, but I wouldn’t say they were exactly influenced by a “sane” cultural environment either. The HUGE number of easily accessed firearms, IS the real cause of the problem, because just as a screwdriver is a TOOL to “fix things”, America IS the place where folks can readily get that firearm “tool” to “fix” things.
Which, why has, the National RIFLE Association, spent most of its time in the last four decades defending HAND GUNS, and more recently smaller, more concealable “rifles” and machine pistols? (Yes it’s a lot easier to conceal an AR-15 or M-4 than a Ruger M-77 or long barreled shotgun when out to “do the wrong thing”)
Yes our “culture” of adoration for the gun IS a large part of the problem, but it is the GUN that is the tool used for most of the killing, and don’t forget all those thousands of shooting that do NOT end fatally. Just as our “defense” spending is greater than the 17 next largest budgets for other nations, so do does our homicide rate exceed that in those other nations, even ones WITH guns, that are REGULATED!
Tue Elung-Jensen said, 4 months ago
@HOWGOZIT
Was any of those cases a school shooting with beforementioned weapons? If not then you are missing the point.
TJDestry
said, 4 months ago
Could we get a show of hands of those who want to raise their taxes enough to actually boost the number of school psychologists and public mental health facilities to a level that would be able to impact this problem?
And, now, the people who honestly would like to take all the CSI and Law and Order shows off the air, burn the Tom Clancy novels and do away with James Bond movies?
Uh-huh. Okay, those who say it but don’t mean it, put your hands back down.
Yeah, that’s what I thought.
DrCanuck said, 4 months ago
@
You may have noticed that your religious “truths” innundate American culture throughout, yet America continues to be increasingly violent, whereas non-religious societies such as Canada, Japan, and most of Europe have very low rates of violence.
If you were intellectually honest, you would admit the Death Culture : Religion correlation.
DrCanuck said, 4 months ago
@Bruce4671
Bruce4671 said, "Through education and empowerment…YOU of all people should know this.
So you are telling an educator that he should believe in education?
Uh….gee.
coraryan
said, 4 months ago
He’s as good a shot as he is a President!
Tigger
said, 4 months ago
@pdchapin
The past 4 mass shootings were committed by young men with a history of Mental Health Issues