[archy]

Who was that black columnist in DC who was so anti-gun...and got arrested for having one? Sorry...don't remember...but Marion Barry the crack head comes to mind.... It was former Chicago Sun-Times columnist Carl Rowan. Pertinent data from his Wikipedia entry here:

CONTROVERSY

Rowan gained public notoriety on June 14, 1988, when he shot a teenage tresspasser, Neil Smith, who was taking a dip in Rowan's swimming pool in Washington, D.C.. Rowan used an unregistered .22 LR pistol. Critics charged hypocrisy, since Rowan was a strict gun control advocate. In a 1981 column, he advocated " a law that says anyone found in possession of a handgun except a legitimate officer of the law goes to jail -- period." In 1985, he called for "A complete and universal federal ban on the sale, manufacture, importation and possession of handguns (except for authorized police and military personnel)." [2] [3]

[CWOJackson]

Very good...and love the tag line. I also met the General's Operations Officer once, Major Screaming Shi...well you know.