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The most recent "assassination attempt" was just drummed up by the media. I haven't seen any evidence it was anything other than a man with some guns in his car who happened to be near the rally.
A couple of media places did release a very short blurb in small print that the "suspect" had no plans to assassinate anyone according to law enforcement after a short investigation.
Honestly, I’d be surprised if the venn diagram of “people who would keep guns in their car” and “trump’s base” wasn’t a circle.
There’s going to be a lot of false positives in an environment like that
Why can't leftists have some guns?
They do, I have a few myself. I just don't feel the need to constantly have one on me.
We don't keep them in our cars, nor on our e-bikes.
A long rifle strapped to an e-bike is the kind of mental picture I needed in my day, thanks.
The Riverside county sheriff is the one who first used the term assassination attempt. Media uncritically repeated what the sheriff said.
That's their job. You might think their job is to investigate, but that is not what they're paid to do.
And when it comes to America, a man with guns in his car is a normal situation.
God I hate this place.
I was sitting there reading the articles thinking, "if a loaded weapon amongst Trump supporters is an assassination attempt we're going to need a spreadsheet here .."