Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 08, 1979

Transcript:

Telephone: Rriiingg! Reach out! Reach out! And touch someone! Lacey: Hello? Voice: Lacey? John Warner here. Lacey: Why, hello, dear! How nice to hear from you! Are you and Elizabeth having une autre soiree? Voice: No, no, serious business this time, Lacey... as you might have heard, I"m helping spearhead the movement to restore the federally funded gun club program. It's my first big initiative and I need your help. Lacey: But, John, dearest, you have to be a member of that dreary NRA to even participate in the program. It amounts to a direct subsidy! Voice: Well, now, I know it looks that way... but without those 300 pounds of free ammunition, the average American can't afford to learn how to use an M-1 to defend his home or camper against enemy foot soldiers during time of war! Lacey: You certainly know how to pick your issues, John. Voice: Well, I've been working on my stature problem...