Political Cartoons 8-31-2025

 

Mass Shootings - “Where the Blame Lies” (updated)

Are you kidding me?

Tucker Carlson: "Transgenderism is the most dangerous extremist movement in the US."

The Minnesota Star Tribune: "Slanted and dangerous anti-LGBTQ rhetoric has flooded social media in connection with the shooter’s gender identity."

WTF - I had 9118 views today - Not one person has commented to speak out for our community!

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Google AI:

Data shows that the overwhelming majority of mass shooters are cisgender men. While highly visible in the news, transgender people are responsible for less than 1% of mass shootings, and they are four times more likely to be victims of violent crime than cisgender people. 

NBC News:

The Gun Violence Archive, which maintains a database of shootings, estimates that 0.11% of known suspects in mass shootings were transgender over the past decade, said Mark Bryant, the archive’s executive director. The archive defines a mass shooting as one in which four or more people are injured or killed, not counting the shooter. There were many more instances in which trans people were victims, Bryant added. 

MSN:

Kennedy, who leads the Department of Health and Human Services, said his agency is “launching studies on the potential contribution of some of the SSRI drugs and some of the other psychiatric drugs that might be contributing to violence.”

Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minnesota) accused Kennedy of using the tragedy to spread disinformation to push a political agenda. “I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community that, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do,” she wrote on X. “Just shut up. Stop peddling bulls--t.”

According to a US Government Site: 

From August 1, 1966, to November 6, 2023, there were 184 publicly targeted fatal MS (3.2 per year) with 1342 total deaths and 2084 nonfatal injuries. Multiple firearms were present in 96 events (52.2%) (mean 3.1 per event); handguns were the most common firearm type (145 MS [78.8%] involved a handgun) followed by 55 (29.2%) that involved an AW, but only 13 (7.1%) involved AWs exclusively. Incidents with AWs (vs without) were more likely to have multiple firearms (45 [81.8%] vs 51 [39.5%]) and shooters with no firearms experience