Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for June 03, 2022

Repubs will not get that this is supposed to be satirical.

That good guy with a gun will sort it out!

Good idea, bulletproof backpacks.

Ever wonder why they don’t have school shootings in major cities? Well, it’s simple: schools are built so that student can’t bring in guns, and to keep out people who have no business being there. Imagine that. Schools that actually keep bad people out….

JESUS, this is Revolting, Disgusting, Horrible… and A FRIGHTENINGLY ACCURATE DEPICTION OF THE QPUBLICAN DREAM FOR OUR SCHOOLS!!!

Ruben, you outdid yourself. Sad for the subject behind this, but well put.

The Republican Party set off on this road 30 odd years ago with their wedge issues strategy. Guns, god, gays and abortion. Divide people on emotional levels and pander to single issue voters. Just to get a few more percentage points to be competitive in elections. Now what was once a political party with at least some principles has devolved into a hypocritical, unethical morass. They cannot win without the votes of the zealots so they are now ruled by them. Until some substantial portion of principled and, god forbid, moderate Republicans stop voting for them this will end badly. More badly than it already is…. Please people, stop being loyal to self-serving politicians who know they can count on your party loyalty and use your loyalty to do whatever they like. The letter you put after your name is by choice, and it’s your choice. No excuses.

Thank christ this won’t result in any changes to gun control laws in the u.s. That’s what matters… to the biggest pieces of $#%* on the planet anyway.

Heart breaking!

Did you hear that one clown say that the solution for school shootings is to boobytrap schools. Like, yeah…that would work. Don’t see anything going wrong with that idea. [eye roll]

Where does the school keep its peach tree dishes?

For me, “acceptable loss” hits the hardest…

Thoughts and prayers. My thought is that pro-gun governor is responsible for this, and my prayer is that he will be voted out of office.

I’m starting to believe there’s a much darker thing going on here that I previously was missing… I used to think that conservative politicians were against gun control simply to procure votes from their base and to maintain NRA backing, but I’m starting to suspect that many of them truly believe that the rightful ownership of guns, from BB to bazooka, is essential to the constitutional definition of America, regardless of the concomitant death and destruction. They don’t see this country as being an idea, but rather a gun. My father has always told me that a conservative is a person that’s against government assistance until he needs some. Right, the insane ultra-availability of guns in American has never intruded on the privileged, insulated world in which Ted Cruz lives. So why would he even for one second consider the necessity of sensible gun controls laws?

When it comes to forwarding the Trumplican Right and NRA’s political agenda, as well as increasing the profits of the Arms & Munitions Manufacturers … the the loss of a few school children ( preferable non-white ) is merely collateral damage and easily assuaged with a few meaningless expressions of thoughts and prayers.

I can’t bring myself to hit the heart button because this is so gut-wrenching, but I can’t bring myself to move on either.

In one panel Bolling has basically concisely displayed Conservatives entire list of excuses/rationalizations/deflections re school shootings. And well as all their other pressing societal concerns. Depressing but true.

It’s a Scarry time to be a kid…

Reminds me of this one from MAD. It’s NOT the checklist we are already familiar with, but more to the sad point. https://imgur.com/gallery/eSvwrD1

How about parents go on strike and keep their kids home. Congress might even hear us.

I had a very hard time “liking” this

If this cartoon doesn’t win the Pulitzer Prize I’m lodging a formal complaint!

PLUTO is NOT a planet

Is Mr. Wiggly now in this cartoon?

This is so true it breaks my heart. I’m a teacher. NONE of us, kids or adults, should ever be an acceptable loss.

Focus on finding the ones who want to kill, because they can always find a tool to use.

So, when guns have become sacred objects to some, does that mean that the right to free-carry attack rifles is supported by both the second AND first amendments?

acceptable loss