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A big crop of cartoons today. The first is from Horne & Comeau’s A Softer World (information on the webcomic here), under the title “Education”:

(Hat tip to Paul Armstrong.)

The cartoon combines the NRA bumper-sticker slogan “Guns don’t kill people, people do” (or “… people kill people”) with Pope Benedict’s recent  pronouncement (on January 9th) on same-sex marriage:

Pope Benedict said … that gay marriage was one of several threats to the traditional family that undermined “the future of humanity itself.”

Yes, the news from Rome: same-sex marriage will kill the human race.

The NRA slogan has been much played on, on t-shirts, posters, bumper stickers, and the like; just google on {“guns don’t kill people”}. A small sampling of continuations of “Guns don’t kill people”:

… I kill people

… Bullets do. Guns just get the bullets going really fast.

… Liberals against conceal-carry laws kill people.

… well, this one may [image of gun with muzzle reversed, pointing at the shooter]

… Chuck Norris does [Norris is a prominent NRA supporter]

… People with mustaches kill people

… Cupcakes with mustaches kill people!

… Whacked on meth-head kittens do. [image of kitten aiming gun]

… Dick Cheney kills people [allusion to Cheney’s hunting accident]

… Zombies do.

… Black people kill people. [image of Samuel L. Jackson with a gun]

… Dangerous minorities do!

… OJ kills people

… But they can sure speed up the process. It can take an hour to choke a bitch.

… Cats do. [image of cat with a gun]

… Gaping holes in vital organs do.

… Husbands that come home early do.

… Crazy motherfuckers kill people

… Supervillains kill people

… Drug cartels armed by our government kill people.

… Dads with pretty daughters kill people.

… Drivers with cell phones do

… The government does.

… “Pro-lifers” with guns kill people

… Vincent Price does

… rappers do

… Little fairies throw the bullets

… Ninjas do

… Kids who play videogames kill people.

… lolcats kill people. [yet another armed cat]

(and then more distant variations, like: “Dogs don’t kill people. Stupid owners with stupid breeds kill people.”)

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