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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assassinated_American_politicians https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assassinated_America... Nine in the last thir
by thebooktocome 4y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assassinated_American_politicians https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assassinated_America...
Nine in the last thirty years, not including the ambassador killed overseas.
- chrisseaton 4y agoI compared Parliament against Congress as that seemed comparing apples-to-apples. But nine is still less than the UK, adjusting for population! And that's before access to guns!
- thebooktocome 4y ago> In the past few years we've had politicians on both sides killed in politically motivated attacks. I think that's a worse tally than the US as well. (emphasis added)
- chrisseaton 4y agoWorse per capita, for an apples-to-apples group of high-profile politicians. That's got to be a cause for alarm? In a society with less access to weapons?