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American politician and gun control activist (born 1970)
There is no single, authoritative tally in the reporting provided that counts every “attack” on and politicians since 2016; available sources document a sharp rise in threats and a catalogue of high‑p...
There is no single authoritative count in the provided sources that tallies every U.S. politician killed or injured in assassination attempts since 1900; available listings and timelines instead catal...
Records and modern reviews count roughly 20–22 serious attacks on sitting U.S. lawmakers since the 19th century, with at least 14 members of Congress killed in office and about 18 seriously wounded in...
A review of the provided reporting shows a small number of high-profile incidents involving Republican or conservative public figures being shot or wounded since 2020: the fatal shooting of conservati...
Sen. Mark Kelly is a Democratic U.S. senator from Arizona, a retired U.S. Navy captain and former NASA astronaut who assumed office December 2, 2020 and won a full term in 2022 with his current term e...
On January 8, 2011, a gunman opened fire at a “Congress on Your Corner” constituent event outside a Safeway supermarket in Casas Adobes (Tucson), Arizona, wounding Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 other...
Available reporting and analyses identify a , but none of the supplied sources provide reliable state-by-state rates that answer which states have the highest incidence. Major studies and news account...
Since 2020, a small number of violent attacks against U.S. public figures and politically active individuals have resulted in deaths, but the data and reporting assembled in the provided analyses show...
Charlie Kirk’s assassination prompted a range of responses, but ; instead, public reactions have come from Kirk’s widow, political figures, commentators, and gun-violence advocates. Coverage through m...