Will you help me analyze these political cartoons?

Hello. I have a big project going on at school in which I have to analyze a bunch of political cartoons. Anyway, will you help me with a few of them? I just want to get a good idea how to do it. Thanks!

http://www.politicalcartoons.com/cartoon/eff2eac8-f7-4072-86c4-847fa2c269e9.html

http://www.politicalcartoons.com/cartoon/85711b17-9737-4168-afc9-b136e4ace3.html

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IMO the first one seems to portray that most citizens are naïve about how society reacts. Two explosions in two locations seem to indicate attacks on the American norm and the belief that those things don’t happen on US soil. While not related, most citizens are better at constant norms such as television portraying the altered version of reality as in everything is funny, not relevant, and can be turned off. Society today does not realize that those attacks are reality and so close to home and it cant be turned off, we just don’t know how to react to reality.
The second seems to place a strong image that our problems are within our control. We can try to legislate, amend, and control weapons to provide a safe nation; whereas if the weapons are regulated, we are safe. Guns don’t kill people, yes they do. Terrorists kill people, yes they do. Can we regulate terrorists? NO. The image shows that its a two sided story. Its not the gun who kills, its the person holding the gun. Terrorists don’t have a gun to kill, THEY are what the ammunition inside the gun that kills.
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