Political Cartoon Recently Released by Barsdale Depicts

Political cartoon recently released by Barsdale depicts a news anchor relaying a news story. The anchor is in front of a green screen and is wearing a pinstripe suit. The news anchor has a picture to the right of him of the state of Idaho turned onto its side. The news anchor is reporting that lawmakers banned the state of Idaho because it looks like a gun when placed on its side.

This cartoon is clearly a prime example of exaggeration to make a point. Being privy to current events, this political cartoon is poking fun at the current legal trend that public schools are taking in expelling young children for any actions that remotely refer to or make inferences about guns. In the most recent actual news story, a kindergarten child was expelled from school for biting his sandwich into the shape of a gun. This cartoon takes the actions of the local school government to the next level, showing what might happen if actual lawmakers were to use the same technique in application to other day-to-day objects.

The creator of this comic strip makes their point about the ridiculous actions of public schools by applying the same principle to geography. Whereas childcare's actions got them expelled from school, the news anchor is reporting about a story that deals specifically with something that cannot be changed, the geographical shape of the state of Idaho. Additionally, the writer is pointing out his distaste in the zero tolerance, unthinking, actions that are currently becoming a regular trend.

With this particular comic strip, it is not the characters that teach the message, as it is overall image. In this comic strip, the creator is taking a clear stance against lawmaker's desire to rid the United States of everything relating to firearms. This illustration is equivalent on the subject as s suggesting that lawmakers have done everything to get rid of real firearms and must now move to the ridiculous. This teaches us as people the importance of considering one's actions and the overall implications on society. When a law is seeking to ban something, it should first consider the overall outcome and effect on citizens as well as the overall Constitutionality of the law. Just as it is unconstitutional to ban a state from the United States of America, it is unconstitutional to ban guns from private use.