Remember the NBC show ‘Quincy’? They were trying to track down a .38 snubbie. ‘We must stop it before it kills again!’
The original Hawaii 5-0 had a similar episode. What can I say, snubbies must have been feeling their oats in the 1970's.
Or maybe, even back then, libbie show producers were following the company line. Banning "Saturday Night Specials" and pocket guns was all the rage.