Judge — February 23, 1924 — page 4: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page contains two satirical cartoons from *Judge* magazine mocking gun control permit applications. **Top cartoon:** A Native American chief approaches a "Chief of Police" jail to "apply for a permit to carry a weapon." The satire likely references debates over gun ownership rights and the irony of indigenous peoples—historically dispossessed of weapons and sovereignty—now needing government permission to arm themselves. **Bottom cartoon:** Shows a couple presenting a screaming, disheveled baby to what appears to be government officials, captioned "How the baby looks to you after about fifteen minutes of this." This mocks the bureaucratic ordeal of obtaining weapon permits, comparing the exhausting application process to the chaos of caring for an infant. Both cartoons satirize excessive government regulation of gun ownership as absurd and frustrating.