As Dr ‘Quincy (QUINCY M.E., Jack Klugman) also declared, when a pistol was bought, escaped and also went on a killing spree, “WE’VE GOT TO STOP ‘IT’ BEFORE ‘IT’ KILLS AGAIN!”
So many silly anti-handgun scripts back then(Rifles were OK at that time) it is hard to keep track.
Yeah, back then Hollywood was running the National Council to Control Handguns' message. Some of the bigger police dramas, such as Hawaii Five-0, were more broadly anti-gun.