03587ckd a22005777a 4500 18001773 20260514165101.5 kd ||| 121119s1972 xxunnn || kneng 18001773 7 cbc orignew u ncip 20 y-printpho qw01 2013-12; qw30 2022-07r; qw95 2026-05r LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-861 2012638835 (DLC)hlb2012007225 LC-DIG-hlb-08123 DLC (digital file from original drawing) DLC DLC gihc DLC BLOCK, no. 8123 Block, Herbert, 1909-2001, artist. "Hear any talk about a cease-fire here at home?" [graphic]. 12/28/1972. 1 drawing : graphite, India ink, and blue pencil over graphite underdrawing ; sheet 56.2 x 35.4 cm. still image sti rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia Digital image computer c rdamedia sheet nb rdacarrier Digital image online resource cr rdacarrier Title transcribed from item. Signed "Herblock" on lower right. Inscribed in pencil at top left: 12-28-72. Published in the Washington Post, December 28, 1972. Copyright, 1972, by Herblock. Caption label from exhibit "Herblock Looks at 1972": A strong advocate for gun control, Herblock compared the lack of peace in Vietnam with gun deaths in the United States. It is not clear that the cartoonist reacted to any single shooting event, or the depressing tally of handgun murders in the United States. An increase in the homicide rate led to the Los Angeles Times to call for a ban on privately owned handguns shortly before Christmas in 1972. Editorial cartoon drawing shows two frighted men on their hands and knees on the sidewalk ducking bullets that pierce through and leaves bullet holes in their hats. Two dead bodies lay on the pavement. One shot by a hand holding a smoking gun and the other shot by a little boy as his father, carrying his own guns looks on. In the background a store window display guns and a signs that read "Handguns for Everybody" and "Everynight Special." Publication may be restricted. For information see "Herbert Block ("Herblock") Rights and Restrictions," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/271_herb.html Forms part of: Herbert L. Block (Herblock) collection (Library of Congress). Exhibited: "Herblock Looks at 1972: Fifty Years Ago in Editorial Cartoons" at the Graphic Arts Gallery, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., September 2022-March 2023. Shooting 1970-1980. lctgm Handguns 1970-1980. lctgm Homicides 1970-1980. lctgm Firearms control 1970-1980. lctgm Firearms Drawings American 1970-1980. gmgpc Editorial cartoons American 1970-1980. gmgpc Block, Herbert, 1909-2001. Herbert L. Block (Herblock) collection (Library of Congress) (DLC) 2009632507 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print digital file from original drawing hlb 08123 p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hlb.08123 pp/hlb pp/minload pp/exh L4822-22 #005.21.00 BLOCK, no. 8123 (BB size) ppsd