In 1985, after speaking to City Council about why all handgun sales should be recorded, and a few other sensible measures to do with firearms, I walked up the aisle with a better understanding of just why so many politicians are afraid to speak out against unfettered access to firepower.
The room was chock-full of gun nuts!
Suddenly it was apparent to me that speaking out publicly on that topic could actually get you shot by any one of those jokers, especially one of them wearing a bumper sticker.
A year or so later, I ran into Willie Dell at the 3rd St. Diner. We had become friends during the 1984 City Council campaign (both of us lost). She sat at a table with me, to chat and to help me hand-fold a fresh batch of SLANTs. When I told her about my discovery as the photo above was taken, she laughed knowingly at what had been my naiveté about gun nuts.
Her laugh said, "Of course!"
Photo by Richmond Times-Dispatch.
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