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I remember a gunman that shot Reagan, yes. One gunman. Trump has had the kid that shot up the rally ( and yielded the iconic photo ), the golf course gunman,

• epistasis 2mo ago
  "Golf course gunman" was not an attack, but boy did they try to make a standard arrest like it was one. Trump is a uniquely violent president, and polarizing president, that intentionally inflames as much violence as possible in the US, assuming it will benefit him. But that also means highlighting as much as possible any sort of thing that would not even leave a mark on people's memories. For example do you remember any of these stories? * Utah man suspected of threatening Biden shot and killed as FBI served warrant - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/utah-man-suspected-of-threatening-biden-shot-and-killed-as-fbi-served-warrant https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/utah-man-suspected-of-... * 2023: man crashes rented U-haul into White House fence in attempt to install "Nazi" government https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c87ddew5z8eo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c87ddew5z8eo Then going further back there incidents like bullets hitting the White House while Obama was in office. Political violence is definitely increasing as polarization is increasing, and attempts to decrease polarization have failed miserably, so I expect more political violence levels in future years. But at least we are nowhere near the violence of the 1960s!