Americans love their guns—it's practically in our DNA, and our media is the world's greatest barker of firearms. TV shows, movies, and video games practically worship the "lone gun-toting hero" trope; And the laws backing it? They're practically chiseled in stone.The influence of firearms on children starts at an early age in the media, video games, and toys, as well as their prevalence in many American households. MP Rose uses the innocuous plastic squirt gun that many know from childhood and juxtaposes it against a vivid graphic color or landscape to create surreal, playful, and sexually charged imagery and reminds us of the subliminal cues we received as children that firearms are a fundamental part of being an American. BANG BANG! You're dead...
