Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 25, 1981

Transcript:

Radio: All you need is love... All you need is love... Love is all you need. Bip! Bip! Bip! Mark: Hold on. I'll be right there! And now a few words from the WBBY Commentary Corner... One of the most obscene moments of our recent past was the spectacle of Ronald Reagan telling New York reporters that John Lennon's murder had not changed his opposition to handgun control. Instead, Reagan advocated longer jail sentences for gun-related crimes, a deterrant of stunning irrelevance to the deranged mind of Mark David Chapman. This commentator fears for his nation. He is staggered by the mentality which places the right to carry handguns over the 10,000 lives that are lost each year. In these times of insane violence, however, at least it is comforting to learn that the First Lady is armed to the teeth. Nancy Reagan: Freeze, sucker! Ronald Reagan: Nancy! Don't shoot! It's me!