Steve SACK, on www.startribune.com,
Gun Lobby and Congress (2010)
The Founding Fathers of the United States are the individuals of the Thirteen British Colonies in North America who led the American Revolution against the authority of the British Crown and established the United States of America. The term is also used more narrowly, referring specifically to those who either signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 or who were delegates to the 1787 Constitutional Convention and took part in drafting the proposed Constitution of the United States. A further subset includes those who signed the Continental Association or the Articles of Confederation.[2] During much of the 19th century, they were referred to as either the "Founders" or the "Fathers".
This caricature from Steve Stack shows us the capitol with american flag where we can find bloodstains all along the stairs. In front of the building, there is two men, one businessman that represents the gun lobby called the NRA who's apparently making a deal that is to say bribing with the other guy that is a member of the congress.
This is a critisism of the whole american system which works mostly with the parlement that is supposed to be neutral concerning State affairs such as guns restriction.
However we clearly see the businessman giving money to the member of the congress probably to buy his silence concerning the fact that they killed there opponents.
More generally, this cartoon denounces the corruption which afflicts the american governement that is victim itself of the overpower of money that protects lobbies from the laws.
Dave GRANDLUND, on www.davegranlund.com,
Second Amendment and NRA (2013)
The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) is an American nonprofit organization which advocates for gun rights. Founded in 1871, the group has informed its members about firearm-related bills since 1934, and it has directly lobbied for and against legislation since 1975. It is also the oldest continuously operating civil rights organization in the United States.
On this cartoon from Dave Grandlund, we can see on the left side a status of the founding fathers that advocates the second amendment, that is to say the law which authorizes the carrying of guns.
On the right side, there is a soldier standing on a stack of ammunitions boxes that also highlights the second amendment.
Nevertheless, there is a paradox between the status and the soldier because this first is like a memory of the end of the war of independince in 1971 with the declaration of the second amendment as a symbol of freedom and equality which was actually credible and understandable at the time, contrary to to the NRA which claims the same thing but just to take advantage in a very selfish way of the financial profit that hides behind the arms market in the united states.
