tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26410466.post6412879230079909342..comments2023-10-12T03:49:21.321-06:00Comments on Insomnia Notebook: Herblock, the master cartoonistPostinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05853607848670921106noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26410466.post-321373101568672032013-05-05T13:15:09.465-06:002013-05-05T13:15:09.465-06:00I think that the gun control legislation of the 19...I think that the gun control legislation of the 1960s, and that began after the JFK assassination with laws again mail-order weapons, galvanized the then-placid NRA into political action.<br /><br />In a previous post I mentioned the Black Panthers asserted Second Amendment rights in the late '60s, which caused the California legislature to pass more restrictive gun laws. The modern-day NRA is a group that has vowed never to let any more anti-gun measures pass, no matter what it costs society as a whole.<br /><br />I didn't remember the Get Smart scene, but thanks for telling me, because any time I think about Don Adams as Maxwell Smart I start laughing.Postinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853607848670921106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26410466.post-1052261284497646982013-05-02T09:11:29.208-06:002013-05-02T09:11:29.208-06:00I was under the impression that gun control didn&#...I was under the impression that gun control didn't emerge as an issue until 1968, following the MLK/RFK assassinations. This is the first I've seen it raise following the JFK murder. Herblock seems to have been ahead of the game.<br /><br />Oh, wait, one other place, on the TV show GET SMART of all things, a joke that may very well have been inspired by the Herblock cartoon. Maxwell Smart and KAOS agent Zigfried are comparing weapons. Smart brags of owning a weapon that's the most deadliest gun on the planet.<br /><br />"Did CONTROL [the CIA-like spy agency] issue that to you?" Zigfried asks.<br /><br />"Naw" Smart replies. "I got it from a mail order house out of Chicago. <br /><br /> Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02155991693956178030noreply@blogger.com