This cartoon was published the day after Puerto Rican nationalists opened fire in the U.S. House of Representatives, wounding five lawmakers. Herblock’s stark image of the elegantly drawn gun, ghostly skull of death, and terse title powerfully reinforced an editorial that appeared on the same newspaper page as the published cartoon, which decried the acts of senseless violence. Unusually haunting, this cartoon is one of many on the theme that Herblock, a longtime proponent of gun control, produced during his career.