This image is painfully true in some parts of the country:

[tblue37]

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

1. powerful cartoon

[irisblue]

2. In the case of that 6 yr old shooter in Newport News VA, seems true

New article as of 7 January 2023

More at source-https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/06/us/newport-news-virginia-shooting/index.html


snip-"The police chief said there was an altercation between the teacher and the student, who had the firearm, and that a single round was fired.

Drew, who had earlier said the teacher was in critical condition, said Friday evening her injuries were considered life-threatening but that there was "some improvement in the last update that we got."

There were no other students involved, the chief said.

The investigation is ongoing, he added."


sigh

[OMGWTF]

11. The parents need to be held responsible.

[live love laugh]

15. What kind of altercation is there between a 6 year old and an adult?

[Genki Hikari]

19. The kind where the kid pulls out a loaded gun in class

And the teacher immediately attempts to take it from the kid?

It's not hard to imagine what went down.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. K&R

[iluvtennis]

4. KnR. It's spot on. n/t

[mjvpi]

5. Ouch. It's not just a mechanical problem, where guns are too accessible.

It’s the idea that a gun is for problem solving.

[Old Crank]

6. This will keep happening

As long as nothing happens to parents who leave their guns around like party favours. The same goes for children firing guns at siblings an psrents.

[Rebl2]

8. I wholeheartedly

agree. I live in a large metro area and this has happened multiple times over the years. Occasionally the parents or guardian is punished, but more often than not they aren’t.

[burrowowl]

7. K&R

[canichelouis]

9. Grooming

Grooming our children.

[republianmushroom]

10. yep

[brewens]

12. In reality, there would be just the one book they never read or really follow. n/t

[rootin tootin]

16. Was thinking the same...

I was thinking the same at first, but the cartoon wouldn't quite work. The author is simply trying to say many things in this cartoon. The adults are choosing to put guns within easy reach of a child. The (unsupervised) child is choosing the books, but can't reach them with the only available tool. The shadow of the flag in the shape of a rifle is super IMHO. In the end, cartoons can only say so much. I'd like to see yours as well, it could work. I was thinking of a subscription to Guns and Ammo.

[brewens]

18. I meant the Bible. n/t

[rootin tootin]

21. I get it

Yes, I get it. If they have a Bible, would it be out of the child's reach though? I would like to see your version though. Perhaps the weapons could "fashionably" adorn an Altar with a few cracks in the wall? I don't have the artistic talent myself, or much talent that is, to pull it off.

[Genki Hikari]

20. And a good thing they don't follow it

What with all of its passages condoning or excusing kidnapping, rape, torture, slavery, infanticide, murder and mass murder.

[carpediem]

13. I don't think a cartoon has ever made me so sad n/t

[betsuni]

14. Painfully true.

Dolly Parton and people like her who start free books programs for little children know what's vitally important for the future.

[niyad]

17. Heartsick KNR