BRADY CAMPAIN:
The Brady Campaign was founded in 1974 as the National Council to Control Handguns (NCCH). From 1980 through 2000 it operated under the name Handgun Control, Inc. (HCI). In 2001, it was renamed the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, and its sister project, the Center to Prevent Handgun Violence, was renamed the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence.
Steve SACK, on www.startribune.com,
Gun Lobby and Congress (2010)
The first cartoon was created by Steve Sack in 2010, it is named Gun Loby and Congress. In the foreground we can notice two caracters wich are 'black-tie' dressed and both have a briefcase: in the one on the left we can reed 'GUN LOBY' and in the right one we can reed 'CONGRESS'. The on representing the 'GUNLOBY' seems to give monney in order to preasure the 'CONGRESS' to eliminate gun control. In the background we can notice that it is represented the Capitol with a flag a half-mast and a trial of blood. The blood and the flag are representing the american citicens that where murdered because of the non-control with guns in the USA.
We could maybe interpret from this caricature that there is a denouce to the massive lobbying some enterprises do in order to still can earn monney in the armament industry.
Dave GRANDLUND, on www.davegranlund.com,
Second Amendment and NRA (2013)
As an introduction I would like to explain two notions:
The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) is an American nonprofit organisation 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.
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. During much of the 19th century, they were referred to as either the "Founders" or the "Fathers".
In this second document we can see that are represented two statues: on the left, the statue is grey and represents an american man who probably was when the founding fathers founded the USA. Near by him there is a soldier of the army who seems more modern than the other one. Both are above something to be taller.
This cartoon is saying that today the United States of Amercia is defending his land but not in a good way as the Founding Fathers wanted for their nation.
