VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoWhite House considering bulletproof vest for Trump after third assassination attempt on president: reportnypost.comexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 days agoUS presidents have been attacked with handguns more often than rifles.
minus-squarekbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoSource? There have been two rifles during this term. Kennedy had a rifle. Bush had a shoe.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoReagan attempt was a handgun I think
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoWikipedia. I counted manually, though, so you’ll have to double check my math. Im pretty sure more bombs were planned than either, as well, though I wasn’t actually counting that one.
minus-squareFerretyFever0@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·20 days agoLincoln, Garfield, and Reagan at least. Maybe some others?
US presidents have been attacked with handguns more often than rifles.
Source?
There have been two rifles during this term. Kennedy had a rifle. Bush had a shoe.
Reagan attempt was a handgun I think
Wikipedia. I counted manually, though, so you’ll have to double check my math.
Im pretty sure more bombs were planned than either, as well, though I wasn’t actually counting that one.
Lincoln, Garfield, and Reagan at least. Maybe some others?