There have been many times when a cartoon was about one thing, climate change for instance, and the commentators try to make it apply to another topic entirely, such as Benghazi.This is the first time I’ve seen one of the cartoonists do it though.Benson could have had a climate change denier at that podium and still been in the ball park. He could have brought up how people are still recovering in New Jersey from Sandy and even in New Orleans from Katrina. He could have made a statement about how Wash. DC reacts to disasters or even Mr. Coburn’s call that emergency aid funds be offset by spending cuts as soon as the money on hand is gone. There were lots of things he could have said.This one wasn’t one of them.I usually like Mr. Benson’s topics and art, not today though. The NRA has nothing to do with this event beyond the fact that people whose guns were lost in the storm may be found miles away but without proper records showing the serial number and to whom it belongs, the owners can’t claim them.Tigger is right. Unless the NRA has made a statement of which I’m unaware and can’t find with a quick google search, the cartoon insults the people involved in the tragedy and the intelligences of those who read it.Respectfully,C.
Unlike the conservatives whose lack of basic humor is showing, I get the cartoon. It’s pretty clever, actually. The NRA’s solution, more guns in schools, would be just as useless at preventing tornadoes as it would be at preventing gun deaths. But that doesn’t stop the NRA from spouting off, in the hopes that stupid, pointless, useless distractions will prevent sensible gun reform.
Good humor is based on some element of truth, and nobody has said anything like this. Yeah we make the connection, but it certainly isn’t going to convert anyone.
thegreatack almost 11 years ago
NRA – Not Reality Adjacent
chazandru almost 11 years ago
There have been many times when a cartoon was about one thing, climate change for instance, and the commentators try to make it apply to another topic entirely, such as Benghazi.This is the first time I’ve seen one of the cartoonists do it though.Benson could have had a climate change denier at that podium and still been in the ball park. He could have brought up how people are still recovering in New Jersey from Sandy and even in New Orleans from Katrina. He could have made a statement about how Wash. DC reacts to disasters or even Mr. Coburn’s call that emergency aid funds be offset by spending cuts as soon as the money on hand is gone. There were lots of things he could have said.This one wasn’t one of them.I usually like Mr. Benson’s topics and art, not today though. The NRA has nothing to do with this event beyond the fact that people whose guns were lost in the storm may be found miles away but without proper records showing the serial number and to whom it belongs, the owners can’t claim them.Tigger is right. Unless the NRA has made a statement of which I’m unaware and can’t find with a quick google search, the cartoon insults the people involved in the tragedy and the intelligences of those who read it.Respectfully,C.
ARodney almost 11 years ago
Unlike the conservatives whose lack of basic humor is showing, I get the cartoon. It’s pretty clever, actually. The NRA’s solution, more guns in schools, would be just as useless at preventing tornadoes as it would be at preventing gun deaths. But that doesn’t stop the NRA from spouting off, in the hopes that stupid, pointless, useless distractions will prevent sensible gun reform.
Justice22 almost 11 years ago
It takes someone like you to see the truth. Thanks for setting us straight, NeoconMan.
Dtroutma almost 11 years ago
The toon isn’t even a tad less absurd than so many of La PIerre’s actual statements. Good sarcasm.
SClark55 Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Good humor is based on some element of truth, and nobody has said anything like this. Yeah we make the connection, but it certainly isn’t going to convert anyone.
dshepard almost 11 years ago
Wow…truly tasteless.