In their sights

Sadly, shooting-rampage images are becoming stock weapons in the cartoonist’s arsenal. We target the gun lobby and free-fire at the culture of violence. Because the Virginia Tech massacre coincided with two other life-and-death events (the Supreme Court ruling on “partial birth” abortion and a horrific week of carnage in Baghdad), we had plenty of opportunity for ironic juxtaposition. We even squeezed off a couple of rounds of humor.

-- Joel Pett