“We must reverse this psychology (of needing guns for home defense). We can do it by passing a law that says anyone found in possession of a handgun except a legitimate officer of the law goes to jail- period!”

—  Carl Rowan

1981 column.
Quoington Star article entitled "Has President Nixon Gone Crazy?"

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