Of all the cartoons I’ve seen since the event in Newton, CT this one – for me anyway – really hits the spot. I grew up on a farm in the Midwest so I’m familiar with guns. Even I was shocked at how powerful a Colt .45 handgun was when a friend of mine and I went out to target practice with this Dad’s army issue service revolver when we were in our early 20’s (I’ll skip the part about how the Dad got the gun). The point is, that handgun sounded like a cannon with the recoil nearly tearing my thumb off. Hollywood & video games have so glamorized the use of firearms and violence in general that most people have NO IDEA how unrealistic it is to see Ahhhnold blasting away. Or what a body looks like with a hole ripped through it by a flying piece of lead! Killing another human being is NOT a game. I believe more and more people are becoming desensitized to it through the portrayal of killing and firearms through movies and games.
Of all the cartoons I’ve seen since the event in Newton, CT this one – for me anyway – really hits the spot. I grew up on a farm in the Midwest so I’m familiar with guns. Even I was shocked at how powerful a Colt .45 handgun was when a friend of mine and I went out to target practice with this Dad’s army issue service revolver when we were in our early 20’s (I’ll skip the part about how the Dad got the gun). The point is, that handgun sounded like a cannon with the recoil nearly tearing my thumb off. Hollywood & video games have so glamorized the use of firearms and violence in general that most people have NO IDEA how unrealistic it is to see Ahhhnold blasting away. Or what a body looks like with a hole ripped through it by a flying piece of lead! Killing another human being is NOT a game. I believe more and more people are becoming desensitized to it through the portrayal of killing and firearms through movies and games.