Statement by the President Following a Sniper Attack in Central Park, New York City.
July 03, 1968
IN NEW YORK CITY this morning, bullets from a sniper's gun have brought heartbreak and horror. Again, senseless tragedy has struck at gunpoint. I call upon the Congress and all of the people of America to pass the gun control measures which are needed to protect the American people against insane and reckless murder by gunfire.
Note: The statement was issued following reports of the shooting of four persons by a sniper in New York's Central Park. The sniper was slain by police.
Lyndon B. Johnson, Statement by the President Following a Sniper Attack in Central Park, New York City. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/236827