Firearms ownership - United States
Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :New Improved Safer. 17 December 2012
Date: 2012
From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons
By: Press (Christchurch, N.Z.)
Reference: DCDL-0023677
Description: Shows an automatic weapon, where the gun muzzle curves and points back at the shooter. A label at the top states, 'New improved- safer' and a figure at the bottom states, 'And no need for magazines!' Refers to gun violence in the United States, where a shooter killed his mother and then 26 students and tat Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut on 14 December 2012, before taking his own life. The shooting prompted a renewal of calls for increased gun control legislation in the United States. Colour and black and white versions available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).
Winter, Mark 1958- :US Gun Laws. 18 December 2012
Date: 2012
From: Winter, Mark, 1958- : Digital cartoons published in the Southland Times and other papers
By: Southland times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0023680
Description: Three cartoons showing an American flag, with commentary on gun control in the United States. Refers to the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut on 14 December 2012. Title from file name Quantity: 3 digital cartoon(s).
Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :NRA fight for the freedom to bear arms. 3 April 2013
Date: 2013
From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons
By: Dominion post (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0024463
Description: Shows a member of the American gun rights organisation, the National Rifle Association (NRA), holding a protest sign and lots of guns. Behind him, Kim Jong-un, supreme leader of North Korea, holds a nuclear missile and asks, 'Where do I sign?' Context: North Korea has been in the news for threats against the United States and South Korea. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[NRA]. 7 May 2013
Date: 2013
From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
By: Dominion post (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0024759
Description: A spokesman of the National Rifle Association announces that with the advent of 'nano-technology we are looking forward to the day when babies can carry guns in their wombs'. At the Annual Convention of the National Rifle Association held in May 2013 in Houston Texas, it was proposed that in the light of the Sandy Hook massacre school teachers be armed. The cartoonist's view is that the proposed 'solution' of further arming the population still would not solve the problem. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-:Only in America. 24 December 2012
Date: 2012
From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald
By: New Zealand herald (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0024663
Description: On Christmas Eve Santa Claus descends a chimney in the United States while Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer covers his entry with a machine gun. Following the Sandy Hook massacre and other gun-related events, the problem of firearms seemed to permeate every aspect of American life. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Brockie, Bob, 1932-:American Rifle Association. 17 Oct 2013
Date: 2013
From: Brockie, Robert Ellison, 1932- :Digital caricatures and cartoons
Reference: DCDL-0031533
Description: Depicts a man wearing a t-shirt featuring the Stars and Stripes flag and a baseball cap with an 'NRA" badge. He is raising a rifle above his head in a victory pose. Title from file name Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Scott, Thomas, 1947- :'We The People, 2nd Amendment - The right of the people to keep a...
Date: 2012
From: Scott, Thomas, 1947- :[Digital cartoons published in the Dominion Post]
By: Dominion post (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0022396
Description: Shows a document with text similar to but not quite the same as the Second ammendment in the United States Constitution. Context: The New York Times reports that the The factory that makes the famous Kalashnikov assault rifle is seeing a welcome boom, as demand of the civilian version of the AK-47 in the United States is growing. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :Schools. 19 June 2014
Date: 2014
From: Tremain, Garrick, 1941- :[Digital cartoons published in the Otago Daily Times]
By: Otago daily times (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0028523
Description: Cartoon depicts President Obama and Prime Minister John Key sitting in armchairs talking. Obama asks Key how he would deal with "this continuing atrocious slaughter"?. Key replies that it is not a problem in our schools as we do not have "a National Rifle Association". Refers to the connection between high rates of mass shootings in American schools and the high rate of gun ownership in America which the NRA supports. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
USA gun cult
Date: 31 March 2022
From: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-: Digital cartoons published in New Zealand Herald
By: Body, Guy Keverne, 1967-; New Zealand herald (Newspaper)
Reference: DCDL-0041985
Description: Digital cartoon by Guy Body on political and social issues in New Zealand. Cartoon depicts people wearing camouflage, red caps, and rifles on their backs, bowing to a large golden gun on a plinth decorated with the flag of the United States. One person holds a child up as an offering and another asks "Don't them elite Hollywood liberals know there's only one Top Gun!?". Title taken from file metadata. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).