Team Member Name: Emily Lindley
Publication: The Cagle Post Date:12/26/2012
Cartoonist: John Darkow U.S./International (circle
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Title of cartoon: "NRA's Little Friend" Cartoon# 11
What action is taking place in the cartoon? What is the context?
In the cartoon there is a representative from
the NRA who is holding a high-capacity magazine and confirms that he will continue
to have the right because of politicians regarding gun control. The statement "say hello to my little
friend" has been associated with gun usage from the movie Scarface, referring
to a concealed weapon that is used to protect individuals. In the image a
politician is also used as a little friend to protect the NRA from the
government asserting gun control. The politician is being perceived as against gun
control due to the NRA buying and paying for the government official to support
it.
The cartoon is using irony as a persuasive
technique by comparing bribery to government issues on gun control.
Tone of the cartoon:
1) Which side is supported by the framing of the cartoon? The cartoon is
positive for gun control and supporting the liberal bias.
2) What evidence can you give that shows the cartoonist supports one
side or the other? It is for the democratic side since it suggests the NRA buys
politicians to support their side of gun control.
3) What “reality” is constructed/framed about your issue? The
reality of the cartoon is that bribery is how the NRA is able to have politicians
support their views of gun usage. The argument is using framing with stereotyping
by suggesting the NRA has little support. The image of the NRA representative
is a stereotype of a biased republican.
Analysis:
The NRA is viewed negatively by democrats who are for gun control. In
the cartoon it suggests that politicians are bribed in order to support the NRA
but in actuality there are five influential politicians who do support the NRA
and the idea of guns used for protection. The republican politicians include;
Senator John McCain, Representative Ron Paul, Former Senator Rick Santorum, Representative
Michele Bachmann and John Boehner (Nnamani, 2012).
The
persuasive technique of irony is demonstrated in the cartoon by referring the NRA
with protecting high-capacity magazines from the help of paid politicians. That
specific type of firearm is associated to public shootings that allows the user
to hold more rounds of bullets compared to typical guns.
Team Member Name: Braden Clark
Publication: Buffalo
News Date: 1/11/13
Cartoonist: Adam Zyglis
U.S./International
Title of cartoon: "NRA
CEO LaPierre" Cartoon: # 12
What action is taking
place in the cartoon? What is the context?
In this cartoon, CEO of
the NRA (National Rifle Association), Wayne LaPierre is shown holding a gun
(very aggressively I might add). Where
the gun’s scope seems to have taken life to inform LaPierre that his target is
not the real problem, and maybe the scope is inferring that it is the last line
of hope in stopping LaPierre.
Tone of the cartoon:
Irony
is present in this cartoon, like I said before, the scope is telling LaPierre
“Let’s focus on the source of our gun problem.” According to Forbes.com,
LaPierre’s job is to protect gun rights (Bigman, 2013), but in this cartoon it
makes it seem like he is using what he’s protecting to force others listen to
him. I’m inferring that people have
tried to tell LaPierre that he was focusing on the wrong problem, and maybe the
scope is the last person to stop him from doing something crazy. Or maybe his scope isn’t saying anything at
all, but instead is pointed directly at him inferring that he is the problem
all along.
1) Which side is
supported by the framing of the cartoon?
From an unbiased
perspective, it would seem that the cartoon takes an opposing view of the
NRA. With the aggressive expression on
LaPierre’s face, it makes it seem like he is a power hungry human being. From an outsider’s perspective, my first thoughts
on the cartoon, I thought it was about a man who was fighting for gun rights
with a gun. And if the author is
inferring that LaPierre is the main source of the problem, then it is
definitely taking an opposing view of the NRA.
2) What evidence can
you give that shows the cartoonist supports one side or the other?
Like I have stated
previously, the author portrays LaPierre to be very aggressive and angry. Where the real story of this cartoon takes
place is with the gun, because it doesn’t make it very clear what the scope
is. Is LaPierre saying “Let’s focus on
the source of our gun problem”? Because
if he is then he is looking through the scope and seeing himself, and it looks
like he wants to get the job done, no matter the consequences.
3) What “reality” is
constructed/framed about your issue?
In reality, I assume
that the cartoonist is saying that LaPierre claims he is doing what is right
and trying to solve the gun right problem.
But actually LaPierre is the problem all along, and the cartoon infers
this with the scope pointing back at LaPierre. 
http://netrightdaily.com/2013/01/gun-control-for-dummies/
Team Member Name: Braden Clark
Publication: Net Right
Daily Date: 1/17/13
Cartoonist: William
Warren U.S./International
Title of cartoon: "Gun
Control for Dummies" Cartoon: # 13
What action is taking
place in the cartoon? What is the context?
The cartoon is giving a
before and after scenario, the one on the left depicting the average American
and a criminal. Both of them are
carrying weapons, but the “law-abiding citizen” has his hand held gun in a
holster and his rifle down in a non-threatening position. Whereas the criminal has his hand held gun,
ready to shoot and hidden to his side.
Looking at the picture on the right, it shows the aftermath if gun
rights are taken away. The law-abiding
citizen won’t be protected by his firearms anymore, but the criminal will
continue to have his gun because he doesn’t follow the rules.
Tone of the cartoon:
Analogy
is used here; the cartoonist gives an example of what is likely to happen in
the future if gun rights are taken away.
The ones who follow the law will abide to it and hand over their
weapons, but those who break the laws will conceal their weapons and hide them
from the law.
1) Which side is
supported by the framing of the cartoon?
Unless the author was a
criminal, he is obviously against the NRA’s decision to get rid of gun
rights. He is inferring that if you make
the average American give up his guns there will be no way for them to protect themselves
from those who break the law.
2) What evidence can
you give that shows the cartoonist supports one side or the other?
It’s clear that in the
cartoon, that the cartoonist fears what might happen if our gun rights are
taken away. If we look at the two people
depicted in the picture, one looks like a normal American who would harm
anyone. And then if we look at the
criminal he is, well a criminal. And in
the second picture he looks like he is laughing at the one who followed the
rules.
3) What “reality” is
constructed/framed about your issue?
If the government asks
us to give up all our weapons, then the ones who respect the law and don’t want
to break the law will give up their weapons.
However, the ones that the government is trying to protect us from will
not be willing to give up their weapons as easy. Who knows, as Americans, we like to hoard
things when they are running low in supply.
So maybe there will be a black market for weapons if this came into
effect. 
http://www.cagle.com/tag/gun-control/page/59/
Team Member Name: Christopher Campbell
Publication Daryl Cagle’s The Cagle Post Date: December 17,
2012
Cartoonist: Pat Bagley U.S./International: U.S.
Title of cartoon: NRA Grip on Congress Cartoon# 14
What action is taking place in the cartoon? What is the context?
According to Drutman (2012), 47 percent of the newest Congress members
received contributions by the National Rifle Association during their most
recent election. Fifty-one percent of them had received some contribution
sometime during their careers.
Money is not the only issue when it comes to possible control of
Congress by the NRA. The NRA has specific grades they give to politicians based
on how they have historically voted on gun issues (“How the NRA,” 2013). There
are over four million members of the lobbyist group, and a lot of them base
some of their voting decisions on the scorecards it releases (Drutman, 2012).
Tone of the cartoon:
1) Which side is supported by the framing of the cartoon?
This cartoon is pretty apathetic of the NRA. It depicts the lobbyist
group as being very controlling. It also makes fun of the politicians who vote
according to the ideals of the NRA, suggesting that they make their decisions
based on what the group wants them to vote on. The framing of this cartoon
supports the liberal side, which is against gun control and against the NRA.
2) What evidence can you give that shows the cartoonist supports one
side or the other?
The NRA man is holding the Congressman by his private parts. Someone in
that position is going to do whatever it takes to get out. In this case that
would be voting for what the group wants him to vote for instead of according
to his own conscience.
3) What “reality” is constructed/framed about your issue?
The reality constructed in this cartoon is politicians vote according to
what the NRA wants them to. They are not voting according to what they think is
right because they are being controlled by the lobbyist group.
Analysis:
This cartoon uses exaggeration in the depiction of the characters. The NRA man
has two guns that can be seen. One of them is a handgun on his belt, and the
other is what appears to be a fully automatic weapon. He is also overweight and
is wearing a hunting vest. He is a stereotypical depiction of members of the
NRA.
The Congressman is also overweight and is wearing a suit. His expression
is both an exaggeration and an analogy. He looks like he is in pain. The pain from being in the position he is in can be compared to the fact that he does not necessarily want to vote the way he does, but the NRA has such a
tight hold on him that he has no other choice.
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