A Foreign View of Guns in the United States, 1928

January 10, 2017October 22, 2018 by ddancis, posted in State and Foreign Affairs

Today’s post is written by David Langbart, an Archivist in the Textual Records Division at the National Archives at College Park.

In September 1928, the U.S. consul at Fort William and Port Arthur, Ontario, submitted a report entitled “Canadian Press Comments Regarding Governmental and Individual Disarmament in the United States.” The report included the text of an editorial from THE PORT ARTHUR CHRONICLE, a local daily newspaper. Enclosed was the following clipping of the editorial.

811-113117

Source: U.S. Consulate Fort William and Port Arthur, Ontario, Report No. 98, September 21, 1928, file 811.113/117, 1910-29 Central Decimal File, Record Group 59: General Records of the Department of State.

One thought on “A Foreign View of Guns in the United States, 1928”

Anonymous says:

January 12, 2017 at 11:01 am

David – this is astounding. Thanks for sharing it.

Comments are closed.

Share this:

One thought on “A Foreign View of Guns in the United States, 1928”