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> Maybe the answer is to cool it with the idea that government officials all need to have large personal protective details. Isn't that the job of the police?
by chucksmash 4y ago
> Maybe the answer is to cool it with the idea that government officials all need to have large personal protective details. Isn't that the job of the police?
So like Shinzo Abe?
Edit: I picked Shinzo Abe because it was a recent example I felt people would be familiar with, but honestly it seems like any notoriety at all is dangerous. Someone assassinated MLK Jr's mother[1] while she played a church organ. Relying on the general reasonableness of other people doesn't seem to scale at all.
[1]: https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/22/obituaries/m-w-chenault-44-gunman-who-killed-mother-of-dr-king.html https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/22/obituaries/m-w-chenault-4...
- nivenkos 4y agoOr Olof Palme.
- sgjohnson 4y agoShinzo Abe is actually a very good example, because his tragic death occured in a country where violent crime basically doesn’t exist and where it’s virtually impossible to acquire any kind of a firearm (I am aware how far 3D printing has come) This would of course be far worse in a country that’s very familiar with violent crime and where everyone and their dog has at least 1.2 firearms, like the United States.