Gun Control: ‘Those were the days’

The last episode of the hit TV show All in the Family was made in 1979. If the show were being produced today, it would never see the light of day given its lack of political correctness and the use of such language as “queers” and “#”. It is surprising it is still allowed to surface in reruns. Yet, it was praised when it first aired in the early 70s as being the first show to deal with serious issues facing society. And when it comes to one of the issues the show dealt with, gun control, not much has changed in the last 40 plus years. An episode entitled “Archie and the Editorial” first aired in 1972. Archie was mad when he saw an editorial on TV about gun control so he asked and was given the chance to appear on television to give a rebuttal. In the rebuttal, he argued he could end armed hijackings tomorrow, a not infrequent occurrence in the early 70s. Archie said the airlines should give every passenger a pistol so no one would pull a gun out during the flight. Then the airline would collect the guns after the flight ended. This would also do away with checking passengers to see if they are armed. As Archie was famous for saying, “Case closed.”

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