Great work! John and Stephanie did an excellent job!

I'm your worse nightmare - a liberal with a gun safe. No, I don't belong to the NRA - you couldn't pay me enough to belong to that facist organization.
I do, however, own many collectable rifles, and several handguns.
Do I worry about people breaking into my house? No. I have an alarm system, a safe - and a revolver.

Let's stop pretending that the argument against "gun control" is anything more than a fundraising effort by the far right and the NRA. Those of us who own guns should have no worry about losing our firearms.

C'mon - do you really think that Obama and the Congress could really take our guns?
It's nice to scare the hell out of us - so that we'll contribute more money to the NRA and far right organizations that promote this crap.
I'll save my money and buy another reloader die and powder!

What I don't get is that from what I see, the Democrats (ie the conservative party) does not seem to want to take away gun rights. The Republicans (ie the whacko right) wants to make a non issue an issue to gain power. If you didn't know, we don't have a liberal party anymore. This country has moved so far to the right that Richard Nixon would be a democrat today (he was for national healthcare). It is all about power and steering dollars to the greedy (military industrial complex, corporations, banks). Just look at the legislation passed from 2001 - 2007. The right creates issues in order grab or maintain power in order to acheive that goal. We are not going to lose gun rights in this country, period. It is a manufactured issue.

For you right wing nut jobs out there Im just going to say this to you in your faces.

Firearms must be banned, only the government should have a monopoly on guns.

The government knows whats best for us. The only reason we are having problems now is because of Bush and the republicans screwing up everything with their tax cuts and frugal spending.

The government knows how to take care of us and give us zero unemployment and homelessness.

Just because a few criminals (Yes folks, only a few criminals have guns when guns are banned. The rightists want us to believe only they have guns thats not true.) Doesn't mean you can have some too.

The reason we have crime is not because of gun control but because of a lack of it and a lack of paying jobs and generous services.

You guys need to stop being paranoid about government and go take some zypaxia and get shock treatments. Only a mental loon would think the government is plotting against us.

I don't understand why liberals have a problem with people defending themselves from criminals and tyranny aside from the fact that they want Obama to be dictator. We would not have all these problems that liberals complain about if people stopped letting the state take care of them. The state has failed everytime it has tried to do that. WE need guns to overthrow the government. Unfortunately thats not being done.

Back when the rights to bear arms was written in the Bill of Rights, a typical gun fired one shot and took about 15 seconds to reload if you were skilled, and had limited accuracy. Most people had guns because they honestly needed it for food or protection from the natives they were imposing on. So pretty necessary, if you ask me.

Nowadays, we buy food from the supermarket and hunt for sport. The Indians have been decimated and shoved into their reserves, so no threat there anymore. The typical handgun now can fire automatically or semi-automatically, "solving" around 6-12 "problems" in less than a minute. Rifles on the other hand, have the option of firing 600 rounds per minute (the ak47, a global favorite). what purpose do these guns have nowadays? Hunting? No- unless you count homicide or warfare as hunting.

So, the use of the guns that should by all means be banned to the domestic market (the automatics) is limited really to murder. Its really cute/sad when people think that they will somehow be able to defend themselves against a tyrannical force, like they like to pretend the current administration is. IF somehow the army got possessed by some kind of magical evil hitler ray and decided to come after them...

Do they honestly think their one gun (or collection of guns in their drawers) can take on our massive, nation-conquering armed forces?

I'm not for 100% gun abolishment. Just automatics really. The only really good use I've seen them do lately for citizens is shoot up unarmed students and cops.

I understand and I'm all for people having the right to have guns. I just don't understand the argument of needing it to protect yourself against criminals. I don't understand it because on the news the neighborhoods that want to keep their guns are NOT the neighborhoods that where gun control is an issue. The neighborhoods that seem to show up in the news due to gun violence are the neighborhoods that want more control. In other words, where their IS a need to protect yourself against people with guns they want guns off the streets and where their ISN't a need to have gun control they want guns to protect themselves. On top of that, in those neighborhoods where guns are not as much an issue when it comes to violence, their young children and teens are shooting each other and themselves (on accident) due to curiosity.

Like I said I don't want there to be tyrannical control over guns, I just don't understand the whole "protection of my family" argument since it doesn't match reality.

Heh.....u pinned it right on this one. I hope we see more of "Dogboy & Mr. Dan".

Is is liberty blood or patriot blood?

You finally hit a nerve Mark... GO FOR IT!! We need more dogboy and mr. dan, please continue as long as you get more and more nutty responses. The gun paranoia needs to end, and this looks like an excellent way to brush the idiocy aside with simple sarcasm. How about an animated gun singing "they're coming to take me away, ha-ha, hee-hee..." (remember that oldie but goodie?).

Firearms refresher course

a. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.

b. A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone.

c. Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface.

d. Gun control is not about guns; it's about control.

e. If guns are outlawed, can we use swords?

f. If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words.

g. Free men do not ask permission to bear arms.

h. If you don't know your rights you don't have any.

i. Those who trade liberty for security have neither.

j. The United States Constitution ) 1791. All Rights Reserved.

k. What part of "shall not be infringed" do you not understand ?

l. The Second Amendment is in place in case they ignore the others.

m. 64,999,987 firearms owners killed no one yesterday.

n. Guns only have two enemies: Rust and Politicians.

o. Know guns, know peace and safety. No guns, no peace nor safety.

p. You don't shoot to kill; you shoot to stay alive.

q. 911 - government sponsored Dial a Prayer.

r. Assault is a behavior, not a device.

s. Criminals love gun control - it makes their jobs safer.

t. If Guns cause Crime, then Matches cause Arson.

u. Only a government that is afraid of it's citizens try to control them.

v. You only have the rights you are willing to fight for.

w. Enforce the "gun control laws" we have, don't make more.

x. When you remove the people's right to bear arms, you create slaves.

y. The American Revolution would never have happened with Gun Control.

z. "...a government by the people, for the people..."
Posted by mainestategop at 2:42 PM

Great message in this one. Keep up the good work.

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The biggest cause of trouble in the world today is that the stupid people are so sure about things and the intelligent folks are so full of doubts.

Bertrand Russell

I have heard so many times the argument that you need a gun for when you get a burglar in your house, especially coming from from the pro-gun educated crowd. (Ah, self-defense, what an intrinsic right of the democracy.) Yet, these educated supporters of gun ownership fail to iterate their logic just one more step: if they have a gun in their house, the burglar will bring an assault rifle, if they got an assault rifle, the burglar will have a missile launcher ... However, it is not unexpected to that some of the "educated" think that, of course, they are the only ones "educated". How about educating your fears, ladies and gentlemen?

This one is great, even if the gun idiots can't stand the humor. Continue, Man! It's the best!

Interesting the reaction. Does it really make sense to have the same mind set in 2009 as an agrarian nation in 1776? Just dumb people!

@Video
I have heard that you need to exaggerate things a bit to get peoples attention.. but at least try to stick to commonsense.
Laws to protect us from guns? Has anyone on this comment section ever seen a gun hop up and shoot someone? No you haven't.

Have people who were uneducated about guns shot other people and themselves? Yes. Have criminals shot defenseless unarmed people? again yes.

I just finished reading Chris Birds 5th edition "The Concealed Handgun manual: how to choose, carry, and shoot a gun in self defense." For someone like me, it was very educating and enlightening. It showed both sides of the coin as far as gun ownership goes. And I cannot recommend it enough.

Has anyone ever rode on a greyhound bus? Probably yes at least once. If you haven't I can tell you it sucks ass.. its like being crammed into a can.. with sardines. Public transportation while a great idea.. will end up like a government run school bathroom.. Dirty, nasty, and it will suck.

Don't get me wrong. I understand the idea behind it. I really do. And it's a great idea, but that's all its going to be. (Unless who ever is in charge of it can find a way to keep the riff raff (hoodlums, gang bangers) off, so that. 1 The transportation stays in good shape, both on the inside as well as outside. 2. Its not cramped. 3. It actually breaks even expense wise.4. The people who are not going to use it, should not have to pay for it through taxes.

If they can figure those things out then go for it.

As far as infrastructure goes.. I am just curious why there is no slush fund for these bridges.. I mean, after they were built, they were going to need to be maintained and even replaced later on down the line. Did no one have the fore site in government to set aside some money specifically for these expenses. I bet they did, and they probably spent it on something else. And that's how goes.

I actually have no qualms about them spending money on roadways.. that's a decent thing to spend money on.

I think the biggest reason most people are against this is because, social security, medicare, Medicaid it's going bankrupt, and now its going to do it quicker than expected due to the massive job losses. And now here the government who can't even mind its own business correctly is going and minding the business of others.. who are actually competent and getting things done.

To give a example.. its like someone who constantly gets hurt on the job due to there stupidity teaching the rest of their co-workers about safety.. it doesn't add up or make sense.

Of course this is just my perspective/opinion/experience.

Anyways, to finish off. Kudos for the hard work you put into the video Mr.MF.

Awesome. Best cartoon you've done in a while, Mark.

Dan and Dogboy = deceitful propaganda.

It is unfortunate that, in your latest knee-jerk anti-rights to bear arms cartoon you again (as you have before) ignore the simple facts of the matter (the same way the reactionary nuts you so appropriately lampoon ignore the facts concerning the need for universal health care by the government, the lies told to promote mass murderious war, the scam that is our "financial system", and other issues you, Mark, got right, or at least partly right).

FACT: States which allow easy ownership by private citizens of guns of all sorts... and those that make it easy for a citizen to carry a concealed weapon... have consistently significantly LOWER rates of violent gun crime than those that pose massive restrictions. This is a fact you conveniently refuse to present or recognize in the deceitful propaganda that are your anti-gun cartoons.

JUST the fact that a cause is supported by right wing nut cases doesn't NECESSARILY make it invalid or a bad one.

I'm a leftist (rather to the left of you, Mark) and I strongly support the right of citizens to own pretty near any weapon they want for self defense, target practice, or their own entertainment. I'd draw the line at nuclear bombs, ground to air missiles, and tank-piercing high power weapons, but pretty much anything else (including that bug-a-boo of brain dead liberals, the "assault rifle") should be accessible to all citizens who want them.

The FACTS support the notion that it's NOT ease of ownership that causes problems with gun violence. It's the culture, the economy, and the social system.

I own a dozen hand guns (I like the sport of target practice) and keep one handy in the house near my bed. Once I encountered an intruder (a burglar) in my bedroom. Which is better: Pointing a loaded gun at an armed intruder, or trying to call 911 as that intruder reaches for his gun? You tell me.

Or do you support the hysterical extremes, such as the NY City model (I've a residence there, as well as in California) that pretty near prevent (economically, and bureaucratically) law-abiding citizens from even keeping a weapon in their home?

---marty

I think that was a little bit too much. I support health care reform and high-speed rail but the animation was disgusting. I like to watch Fiore's animation with my kids (raising the next generation leftist!)but that was something I could not let them see. Please tone it down a bit? Thanks.

The Revolutionary War began with the British attempting to sieze the colonists' weapons. And it wasn't because they were trying to keep us from hunting. Tyrants always try to disarm citizens in order to maintain and expand on absolute control of the citizen. Look at any truly brutal dictator and you will find severe and brutal gun bans/control laws. Lockstep liberals accept idiocy like Fiore's looney tune as true dogma without doing anything to educate themselves on the issues. Tying gun control and "gun crazy" to the socialized medicine issue is a cheap diversionary trick. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. Not welfare, socialized medicine and a guaranteed comfy life. I would bet that Mr. Dan works for a living and actually produces something. Dogboy should have been a bleating sheep.

If you honestly believe that it is redneckish and boorish to have the means to defend yourself, your family and friends, are you willing to put up a yard sign stating that you are unarmed and totally defenseless? If so, maybe you can talk the police into giving you 24 hour protection. You should be entitled to that, right?

The 2nd amendment exists to protect the other amendments. No guns, no liberty or safety.

Ban guns, and you'll see a lot of blood I promise.