Conclusion

The cartoons our group analyzed were all for the democratic side to enforce gun control. The context of the cartoons were based from traumatic experiences and mocking the republican side of gun use. The two sides on gun control do not see a medium and it creates a debate that does not have an end in sight.

Sandy Hook and Trayvon Martin are both sensitive issues concerning the death of innocent children and racial prejudice. Those two scenarios are the most recent and are referred to in multiple articles concerning the need for gun control. Children were the victims and the nation becomes mortified. In the Sandy Hook shooting a child was even the shooter which raised awareness in the conflict of having high powered weapons located in a family home.

The second amendment is used frequently by the NRA and republicans on supporting the right to own and operate guns. The right to bear arms is being used too leniently from the NRA. The republicans are not taken into consideration the certain tragedies that misused gun violence has done to our nation.

Regulations have been made for gun usage. The regulations are designated towards heavy machinery that can endanger many citizens life in a short amount of time. A point made from the opposing side of gun control is being able to have a weapon to ensure safety. To use a gun for protection in a dangerous scenario a heavy weapon that can carry 100 rounds of ammunition is irrelevant for safety concerning an attacker or defense mechanism. There are regulations on military arms and high-capacity magazines because of the damage that can be caused in a short amount of time.

The debate on gun control is a complex matter. The democratic and republican sides both have valid points. There are many different scenarios for each side, each tragedy and each individual who has an opinion on gun usage. The future for gun control will continue to be a debate with no finalization of the issues. As of now small steps are being made to try and minimize harm while giving citizens the right to bear arms logically.  

In the political cartoons it was complex to discover the image bias by knowing what the difference of exaggeration and truth. There were many hidden concepts to the cartoons that each group member had to uncover and research.

McManus gives specific examples to help being fooled by images and understanding how images really work. These concepts were used several times when looking deep into the political cartoons to uncover the true message.

Our brains process images in almost the opposite way that they make sense of words. Image logic differs radically from text logic. Images are easily manipulated. We can learn to "read" images, though never as clearly as text (McManus, 2012).

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