Lyndon B. Johnson Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Gun control=== Though Johnson had already introduced a gun control bill on June 6, 1968, after the assassination of Robert Kennedy, [[Lady Bird Johnson]]'s press secretary Liz Carpenter, in a memo to the president, worried that the country had been "brainwashed by high drama," and that Johnson "need[ed] some quick dramatic actions" that addressed "the issue of violence." In October, Johnson signed the [[Gun Control Act of 1968]], but did not invoke the memory of Robert Kennedy as he had so often done with his brother–an omission historian [[Jeff Shesol]] has argued was motivated by Johnson's longstanding contempt for Robert.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Shesol |first1=Jeff |title=Mutual Contempt |pages=459–460}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page