Presidential assassination attempts, whether successful or not, are fairly commonplace in American history. In fact, 40% of presidents have experienced known attempts on their lives.
Always with a firearm.
Always by a man (with the exception of Gerald Ford's two attempted assassinations).
"The violence itself shows the worst of society, but Americans often seem at their best in the aftermath," writes a presidency scholar:
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Trump’s second assassination attempt is shocking, but attempts on presidents’ lives are not rare in US history
While 4 presidents have been killed, many others have been victims of plots to end their lives − sometimes because of political anger, but many other times for incomprehensible reasons.The Conversation
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in reply to The Conversation U.S. • • •good thing Reagan had all those good guys with guns in that photo, moments before he was shot.
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