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Cartoon satirising comments made against gun control.

c. 1996

From: 1990 To: 1997

Ink drawing of heavily armed male walking through London Luton Airport, a seated couple are looking worried and the male is pointing out the armed man to a police officer. The officer is saying "Nothing to worry about Sir he belongs to a a gun club". The seated female is holding a Luton On Sunday newspaper with the headline "Ministers call for tighter firearm control". Artist: Patrick Flood, Luton. NB. This cartoon may be a response to tighter gun controls discussed in parliament 17 October 1996, as the MP for Luton North, John Carlisle, spoke out against a proposed ban on the majority of handguns. See https://www.independent.co.uk/news/mps-jibe-enrages-dunblane-parents-after-cullen-1358871.html

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BEDFORDSHIRE, POLITICS, ILLUSTRATIONS, cartoons, PRESS, newspapers, guns, land weaponry