Block, Herbert, 1909-2001, artist. still image Drawings American 1960-1970. gmgpc Editorial cartoons American 1960-1970. gmgpc 6/9/1968. eng Editorial cartoon drawing shows a man wearing a black armband and labeled as "Senators who voted against effective gun control" standing behind a young man holding a smoking gun. Caption label from exhibit "Herblock Looks at 1968": Expressing outrage at the death of Democratic Party presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy on June 6, 1968, Herblock contrasted the madness of the handgun wielding assassin Sirhan Sirhan with what he considered false piety of Kennedy's fellow senators. President Lyndon Baines Johnson called once again for Congress to pass gun control legislation. Initially resistant, a deluge of mail from constituents convinced U.S. Congress to pass the Gun Control Act of 1968, which Johnson signed into law on October 22, 1968. Title from item. Signed "Herblock" on lower left. Inscribed in pencil at top left: 6-9-68. Published in the Washington Post, June 9, 1968. Copyright, 1968, by Herblock. Forms part of: Herbert L. Block (Herblock) collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Herblock Looks at 1968 : Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons" at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., September 2018 - March 2019. Kennedy, Robert F., 192.5-1968--Assassination. United States. Congress. Senate. Firearms--1960-1970. Firearms control--1960-1970. Herbert L. Block (Herblock) collection (Library of Congress) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hlb.07078 Publication may be restricted. For information see "Herbert Block ("Herblock") Rights and Restrictions,"