Animator Brilliantly Explains The Gun Control Debate Using Cats
With over 18 school shootings in the USA this year alone as well as the last month’s tragedy in Stoneman Douglas High School, the gun control debate is more heated than ever. While some Americans push for stricter gun laws, mostly focusing on semi-automatic rifles, the other camp proposes different solutions to the obvious problem. And since the complex and sensitive nature of the subject might be confusing for some, artist Alex Clark created an animation that explains the matter in a brilliant way: by using cats.
He addresses the main arguments and issues by portraying them through a clever metaphor, using such characters as Mrs. NRA and comparing guns to cats. ‘Guns Explained With Cats’ even addresses one of the more controversial propositions, training and arming school teacher, an idea endorsed by President Trump and criticized by many, including teachers themselves. The video concludes with a suggestion to attend “March For Our Lives” rally in Washington, D.C. on March 24, one of many across the United States, an event that’s been widely reported as the tipping point for gun control legislation.
Watch the video below and let us know what you think about the artist’s analogy.
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There have been over 18 school shootings in the USA this year alone, heating up the gun control debate
Image credits: Lorie Shaull
While some Americans are rallying for stricter gun control laws
Image credits: Barry Stock
Others, including President Donald Trump, offer different solutions, such as arming the teachers
Image credits: AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
‘Guns Explained With Cats’ offers a clever analogy to the complex problem
Many agreed with Alex Clark’s video
While some disagreed with the artist’s point of view
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Share on Facebooki loved how Trump said if he was in Florida at that shooting he would have run in. I say give the man a gun and send him to a combat zone. see what he is made of.
Anyone else supremely annoyed that the so-called "apple pie" is actually a blueberry pie?? No, just me? Alright then, I'll see myself out.
Yeah exactly! I was like, WAIT why is the apple pie blue???
Load More Replies...because candy is dangerous and guns are completely safe and never hurt anyone
Load More Replies...Yknow what's better than gun control? Thoughts and prayers! :DDDDDDDD
I don't live in america but i'm really sorry for what you've been through
So I was thinking of becoming a teacher in USA but having responsibility for such things? Forget about it
To those who think giving guns to the honest, law abiding, God fearing among us will solve the problem.... I ask you, If a car weighing a ton or more can be stolen, what makes a gun invincible? And if you say because it is in a safe, or unloaded, or trigger-locked, then what makes it useful in an emergency?
I'm just glad that in Europe people feel safe enough to rather have real kittens than any guns ...
Only one common sense thing to me. Exams, supervised practice, licensing test, etc., just like with cars --- because that hasn't stopped anyone owning cars, has it? Nope.
the only thing to fear is fear itself, and I would say gun crime in schools is fear itself.
You mentioned Australia and neglected New Zealand, NZ has access to crazy cats and handguns. NZ has over a million firearms, much less restrictive firearms laws and a lower homicide murder rate than Australia. "There are estimated to be about 1.1 million firearms in New Zealand—about one for every four people. The rate of deaths involving firearms has decreased in the past twenty years, including those resulting from assault, suicide, and accidents. The authors of one study suggested that the 1992 law changes contributed to a “detectable reduction in firearm suicides.” Another study concluded that New Zealand has seen “the most pronounced decline in firearm homicide over the past two decades” compared to Australia and Canada." I hope New Zealand's data providing even lower firearms crime than Australia's data with higher gun ownership might be of interest to you all. https://www.loc.gov/law/help/firearms-control/newzealand.php
yawn, give it up people. put this energy into feeding the hungry, housing the homeless, etc. make a REAL difference.
Some new rules and/or regulations are fine. But that's not what they really want. The majority really do want to get rid of all guns. So, where I may agree with the video for the most part, all the prostestors and NRA haters really no not. They want to get rid if all guns.
Why don't the communities & schools just step up their game when it comes to an active shooter? You know, like get the locks for the doors, bullet proof glass, etc.
most schools HAVE locks on their doors. but also if you know anything about the school system and how hard it is to get funding for ANYTHING you would know how hard it would be to fit every single public school in the nation with fortified doors and locks.
Load More Replies...so bigger guns dont cause more damage than smaller guns? and there is no necessity to have them? jump off your bias and actually watch the video .
Load More Replies...Oh shut the hell up. It's not "this generation" and this one alone killing people. Many of these mass shooters have been older. And if "this generation" is so bad... why not blame the people who raised them? Or at least give them some credit? Your arguments are stupid.
Load More Replies...why are you talking about law abiding gun owners? this conversation is about the NON-law abiding and the absurd need to have a bigger gun.
Load More Replies...sure lets start with banning your free speech since all its doing is hurting your image and everyone's common sense.
Load More Replies...Somebody hasn't studied the Constitutional Convention or the Federalist Papers.
Load More Replies...Right, but what object becomes as deadly as a gun as often as a gun?
Load More Replies...banning lions and cheetahs, do you need a cheetah? what are you using that cheetah for? hunting? you aren't using it for hunting bud. its just over compensation. you don't need a big cat to protect yourself if you know how to use a smaller cat. do ya get it?
Load More Replies...really now? so you never heard of loaded guns being dropped and they accidentally go off? and clearly animals don't have personality and some are nicer or meaner than others. all putting guns in schools does is give younger people more access to guns and put more stress on a already overloaded school system.
Load More Replies...Umm, did you look around in other countries? Just to see what happens if you ban guns.
Load More Replies...We ARE focused on criminals. I've never ever once heard anyone say they want to come after everyone's guns. But what the hell does any regular citizen need an AR15 for? Until "law abiding" citizens are willing to make ANY compromises, nothing is going to happen and people will keep dying.
Load More Replies...You do realize bringing up cars and 9/11 isn't the best argument? As we literally changed a bunch of laws after 9/11 to stop it from happening again. And vehicles, and the people driving them, are extremely regulated.
Load More Replies...Ummm but arming teachers will? Guarantee you now for those who wanted to shoot up school still will and now it will be like a challenge for them- take out teachers first then whoever else they can. Not to mention those teachers who might use those guns themselves. Giving people more gun will not stop gun violence, it will make it worse but ok.
Load More Replies...i loved how Trump said if he was in Florida at that shooting he would have run in. I say give the man a gun and send him to a combat zone. see what he is made of.
Anyone else supremely annoyed that the so-called "apple pie" is actually a blueberry pie?? No, just me? Alright then, I'll see myself out.
Yeah exactly! I was like, WAIT why is the apple pie blue???
Load More Replies...because candy is dangerous and guns are completely safe and never hurt anyone
Load More Replies...Yknow what's better than gun control? Thoughts and prayers! :DDDDDDDD
I don't live in america but i'm really sorry for what you've been through
So I was thinking of becoming a teacher in USA but having responsibility for such things? Forget about it
To those who think giving guns to the honest, law abiding, God fearing among us will solve the problem.... I ask you, If a car weighing a ton or more can be stolen, what makes a gun invincible? And if you say because it is in a safe, or unloaded, or trigger-locked, then what makes it useful in an emergency?
I'm just glad that in Europe people feel safe enough to rather have real kittens than any guns ...
Only one common sense thing to me. Exams, supervised practice, licensing test, etc., just like with cars --- because that hasn't stopped anyone owning cars, has it? Nope.
the only thing to fear is fear itself, and I would say gun crime in schools is fear itself.
You mentioned Australia and neglected New Zealand, NZ has access to crazy cats and handguns. NZ has over a million firearms, much less restrictive firearms laws and a lower homicide murder rate than Australia. "There are estimated to be about 1.1 million firearms in New Zealand—about one for every four people. The rate of deaths involving firearms has decreased in the past twenty years, including those resulting from assault, suicide, and accidents. The authors of one study suggested that the 1992 law changes contributed to a “detectable reduction in firearm suicides.” Another study concluded that New Zealand has seen “the most pronounced decline in firearm homicide over the past two decades” compared to Australia and Canada." I hope New Zealand's data providing even lower firearms crime than Australia's data with higher gun ownership might be of interest to you all. https://www.loc.gov/law/help/firearms-control/newzealand.php
yawn, give it up people. put this energy into feeding the hungry, housing the homeless, etc. make a REAL difference.
Some new rules and/or regulations are fine. But that's not what they really want. The majority really do want to get rid of all guns. So, where I may agree with the video for the most part, all the prostestors and NRA haters really no not. They want to get rid if all guns.
Why don't the communities & schools just step up their game when it comes to an active shooter? You know, like get the locks for the doors, bullet proof glass, etc.
most schools HAVE locks on their doors. but also if you know anything about the school system and how hard it is to get funding for ANYTHING you would know how hard it would be to fit every single public school in the nation with fortified doors and locks.
Load More Replies...so bigger guns dont cause more damage than smaller guns? and there is no necessity to have them? jump off your bias and actually watch the video .
Load More Replies...Oh shut the hell up. It's not "this generation" and this one alone killing people. Many of these mass shooters have been older. And if "this generation" is so bad... why not blame the people who raised them? Or at least give them some credit? Your arguments are stupid.
Load More Replies...why are you talking about law abiding gun owners? this conversation is about the NON-law abiding and the absurd need to have a bigger gun.
Load More Replies...sure lets start with banning your free speech since all its doing is hurting your image and everyone's common sense.
Load More Replies...Somebody hasn't studied the Constitutional Convention or the Federalist Papers.
Load More Replies...Right, but what object becomes as deadly as a gun as often as a gun?
Load More Replies...banning lions and cheetahs, do you need a cheetah? what are you using that cheetah for? hunting? you aren't using it for hunting bud. its just over compensation. you don't need a big cat to protect yourself if you know how to use a smaller cat. do ya get it?
Load More Replies...really now? so you never heard of loaded guns being dropped and they accidentally go off? and clearly animals don't have personality and some are nicer or meaner than others. all putting guns in schools does is give younger people more access to guns and put more stress on a already overloaded school system.
Load More Replies...Umm, did you look around in other countries? Just to see what happens if you ban guns.
Load More Replies...We ARE focused on criminals. I've never ever once heard anyone say they want to come after everyone's guns. But what the hell does any regular citizen need an AR15 for? Until "law abiding" citizens are willing to make ANY compromises, nothing is going to happen and people will keep dying.
Load More Replies...You do realize bringing up cars and 9/11 isn't the best argument? As we literally changed a bunch of laws after 9/11 to stop it from happening again. And vehicles, and the people driving them, are extremely regulated.
Load More Replies...Ummm but arming teachers will? Guarantee you now for those who wanted to shoot up school still will and now it will be like a challenge for them- take out teachers first then whoever else they can. Not to mention those teachers who might use those guns themselves. Giving people more gun will not stop gun violence, it will make it worse but ok.
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