36" x 36" Acrylic on Canvas

36" x 36" Acrylic on Canvas

The Thompson submachine gun was first prototyped in 1918 by General J.T. Thompson and his company Auto-Ordnance Corporation of New York. Specifically designed as a weapon for trench warfare, he labeled it the “trench broom”, to be used in close-quarter combat when troops were trying to clear an enemy trench. The war ended before he could start production although the military carried out tests in 1920 & 1921, but there was little demand for this type of gun from the military or police. The Thompson entered production as the M1921 which was also available to private citizens running ads as “The most effective portable firearm in existence.” The Postal Inspection Service became the first law enforcement agency to purchase the Thompson or “Tommy Gun” to fight crime and protect the mail from a spate of robberies. The Thompson achieved most of its early notoriety from the gangsters of the Prohibition era - it was the gun that made the twenties roar.

38” x 17” Digital Pigment Print; Edition of 5

The Spanish Civil War, which began in 1936, gave the German Condor Legion the chance to try newly developed weapons, including the maschinenpistole, under combat conditions. The MP38 was a simplified version of the MP36, and the MP40 was further simplified from the MP38 in order to save costs. Around the same time, Hitler made a speech about art and that artists must set up monuments to his country, not to himself. He vowed to purge the nation of the degenerate artists (the modern movement) that “force their so-called experiences upon the public. If they do see fields blue, they are deranged, and should go to an asylum. If they only pretend to see them blue, they are criminals, and should go to prison.” Germany made war on its own people before they could attack Europe. Baldur von Schirach, head of the Hitler Youth, stated “The Nazi revolution is and always has been a revolution of the soul.” E.M. Forster responded, “This sounds right, but why does the soul always require a machine-gun? Why can the character only cope with the intellect when it has got it inside a concentration camp, and is armed with a whip?”

38.5" x 17" Digital Pigmant Print; Edition of 5

“Powerful enemies must be out-fought and out-produced,” President Franklin Roosevelt told Congress and his countrymen less than a month after Pearl Harbor. “It is not enough to turn out just a few more planes, a few more tanks, a few more guns, a few more ships than can be turned out by our enemies,” he said. “We must out-produce them overwhelmingly, so that there can be no question of our ability to provide a crushing superiority of equipment in any theater of the world war.” General Motors Guide Lamp Division answered this call producing the M3/M3A1 “Grease Gun”. Inspired by the British Sten, the M3 utilized metal stamping and pressing, spot welding and seam welding to reduce man-hours to assembly a unit. Propaganda posters used during World War II helped mobilize a nation. Efficient workers meant a more efficient military - anything less was practically treason.

30" x 18" Digital Pigment Print; Edition of 5

Avtomat Kalishnikov-47, more commonly known as the AK-47, designed by Mikhail Kalishnikov in 1947. One of the great legacies of the Soviet Union, he made the weapon to protect the Motherland. “Then it was like a genie out of the bottle and began to walk on its own in directions that I did not want. The positives have outweighed the negatives because many use it to defend their countries. The negative side is that sometimes it is beyond your control - terrorists also want to use simple and reliable arms.” But his response to victims who have fallen by the barrel of his weapon, “I sleep soundly,” Kalishnikov said.

40” x 17” Digital Pigment Print; Edition of 5

Fairchild Engine & Airplane Corporation’s president was exploring ways to diversify and in 1954, formed its California-based Armalite Division. Eugene Stoner joined the firm as chief engineer to build and test prototypes with each given the prefix “AR”. The AR-10 engineered by Stoner became the main focus of attention beginning in 1955. Although not adopted by the military (Army Ordnance Corps), other Army officials asked Armalite to develop a smaller version of the AR-10 in 1956, called the AR-15. AR-10 and AR-15 prototypes were built at a small machine shop on Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood, CA. The M16 entered service in 1963, the same year Warhol created “Silver Car Crash (Double Disaster)”. Troops in the field often compared it to a cheaply-made plastic toy and often stated, “You can tell it’s Mattel”.

45" x 17" Digital Pigment Print; Edition of 5

The AR-15 has been called “America’s Gun” and defines the black rifle with an estimated 3.75-4 million units in circulation. But with at least 310 million non-military firearms in the United States, this makes up just over one percent. Yet this number eclipses the 2.7 million small arms the United States military possesses. The gun sees spikes in sales after each deadly mass shooting but reflects basic supply and demand from the gun industry and government. The aesthetic appeals to a majority of men who will never serve in the military but customize it in Call of Duty. The AR-15 is based on the .223/5.56mm cartridge, housed in a 30 round magazine, with a muzzle velocity of 3,200 ft/sec. However, as Vice-President Biden stated, “if you want to protect yourself, get a double-barrel shotgun… you don’t need an AR-15… you don’t need 30 rounds to protect yourself. Buy a shotgun. Buy a shotgun.”

38” x 17” Digital Pigment Print; Edition of 5

After the tragedy that occurred in Newtown, CT on December 14, 2012, Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the NRA testified during a hearing held by the Senate Judiciary committee about guns and violence. He referenced the NRA’s “Eddie Eagle” children’s safety program  and suggested to put firearm safety education in every elementary classroom in America so young kids know if they see a gun what to do: stop, don’t touch it, leave the area, call an adult. He also blamed the entertainment and video game industry stating, “There exists in this country a callous, corrupt and corrupting shadow industry that sells, and sows, violence against its own people.” He also brief Congress on his solution, the National School Shield Program, because “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”

28.5" x 17" Digital Pigment Print; Edition of 5

The MQ-9 Reaper is the bigger and better version of the MQ-1 Predator which first put into use in 1995 as a surveillance drone. It is estimated that a third of the U.S. Air Force’s aircraft is comprised of drones today. At approximately $14M, the MQ-9 is far cheaper and equally as deadly as the new $135 F-35 Lightning II.  According to Gallup polls, the overwhelming majority of Americans support drone attacks on terrorists abroad. The legal underpinning for the targeted killing of members of al-Qaeda and its affiliates across the globe is the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF), which Congress passed just days after 9/11. The statute empowers the president “to use all necessary and appropriate force” in pursuit of those responsible for the terrorist attacks. Attorney General Eric Holder in 2012 said specifically that it would be lawful to target a U.S. citizen if the individual poses an imminent threat, capture is not feasible, and the operation were executed in observance of the applicable laws of war.

36" x 36" Digital Pigment Print; Edition of 5

A secretive memo from the Justice Department refers to what it calls a “broader concept of imminence” than actual intelligence about any ongoing plot against the U.S. homeland. The memo also stated, “an imminent threat… does not require the U.S. to have clear evidence that a specific attack on U.S. persons and interests will take place in the immediate future.” Drones have become the face of America hovering in the blue skies and ready to strike at any given moment. A 13-year old Pakistani boy who's mother was killed in a strike explained his fear. “I no longer love blue skies. In fact, I now prefer grey skies. The drones do not fly when the skies are grey and for a short period of time the mental tension and fear eases.”

36" x 36" Digital Pigment Print; Edition of 5

The CIA traditionally has managed the majority of U.S. drone operations outside of officially recognized war zones such as in Pakistan while the DOD has commanded all operations within theaters of war such as Afghanistan. Proponents of drone strikes argue they have put fewer Americans in harm’s way and provide a lower operational cost compared to expensive and vulnerable conventional forces (“boots on the ground”). They also state that civilian death tolls are exaggerated for political purposes, while claiming the strikes are the most efficient and discreet method to pursue militants especially with a waning public appetite for an everlasting war costing trillions of dollars.

24" x 24" Digital Pigment Print; Edition of 5

Drones hover 24-hours a day striking homes and vehicles without warning. Their presence terrorizes men, women, and children giving rise to anxiety and psychological trauma among innocent civilians. While the Stimson Task Force on UAV Policy believes that UAVs should neither be glorified nor demonized, from the perspective of many around the world, “the United States has the legal right to kill any person it determines is a member of al-Qaida or its associated forces, in any state on Earth, at any time, based on secret criteria and secret evidence, evaluated in a secret process by unknown and largely anonymous individuals - with no public disclosure of which organizations are considered ”associated forces” (or how combatant status is determined or how the United States defines “participation in hostilities”), no means for anyone outside the secret process to raise questions about the criteria or validity of the evidence, and no means for anyone outside that process to identify or remedy mistakes or abuses.”

24" x 24" Digital Pigment Print; Edition of 5

36" x 36" Acrylic on Canvas

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