One of my earliest memories of television

I was 7 years old, about to turn 8. I was in 2nd grade, Catholic grade school. JFK was Catholic. The principal announced his death over the intercom system. Everyone in the school assembled in the cafeteria for prayers. We were dismissed early from school.

Later that night, my family went shopping. Mom went to a department store. I accompanied my father to a bar where he had a beer. I remember the TV set in the bar was tuned to a channel that was in continuous coverage of the assassination.

Two days later, I watched Lee Harvey Oswald get killed on live TV by Jack Ruby.

Oswald bought his rifle through a mail order outfit.

What if he had been restricted from making that purchase?

Oh, well. There are more guns in the United States than there are people.

but it wasn't long before they banned, first pistols I think, than rifles from mail-order, soon registration from 1968. I have an old 63 American riflemen's mag with the Kleins ad that Oswald ordered from. The rifle cost 20 bucks with scope.