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From settlement to independence to nationhood, the United States has required force to build its institutions. Americans have always owned guns and used them to project strength and vigor—think of the [gun-slinging cowboy or the gun-carrying lawman immortalized in Hollywood](https://www.amazon.com/Gunfighter-Nation-Frontier-Twentieth-Century-Mythology-ebook/dp/B0CN5J1MGK/ref=sr%5F1%5F2?crid=2G1VO5TF948QF&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.yoY-w19%5FFzGjKWCd2tWlGuUUbObB5o24PJWG704uM%5FSk6vFPwO2QcX79TMJixnUqmteDYjBwQChQTpfsFgAwKVKFUk-19mNmm94kSDRmowTyFrRHJnAqn7ocgvPNCJ3A3567WQcYV7I37CRcRIwtYMrvmOBGa-nv829K8xSLGgZnrU5uTlxObZhf34-G5rZrfWUN41Cs9AmtvJBoHBL-LGLFW3Y-X0FnVukH2kX7XgI.jOhx4borSPz2Vs3tW8YvThafwU7gC2yX7UnMccGyizs&dib%5Ftag=se&keywords=Richard+Slotkin&qid=1720983552&sprefix=richard+slotkin%2Caps%2C165&sr=8-2). And guns have been central to our politics, including the settlement of native peoples’ lands across the United States, the importation of slavery, a civil war, and the rise of America as a global superpower. [Guns have influenced the politics of every era](https://www.amazon.com/Rediscovery-America-Unmaking-American-Modernity/dp/B0CNH9CBBN/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.o6XLqxAHYe7hXOHZe0kabEY7zfhqBZq-OBZbdgOaEeIbqKT9dyTzD8GhI8rm7yKKQ4bRsN8t-iC6h4dphVTPhmtytN6pk1lENIjSQw4C9UbnFSn0cRChObmPpb6er7CNuVL22hoJ9vsjspIpo-LH-r2mAz97Hv-DhK1PzKZXjlHnq2PbarjgP8qT9csPvXLRtk3%5FvFaVNCdroBZV8oacODFELzXysjK7kZnufrpJO2k.KYvGdhpFoIkPI7t-kvT%5FNfEDjfbH8TVykr9ZtcqnhuA&dib%5Ftag=se&keywords=ned+blackhawk&qid=1720983657&sr=8-1)—from the death of [Alexander Hamilton](https://time.com/4149352/ron-chernow-alexander-hamilton-interview/) to the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln, [John F. Kennedy](https://time.com/6334795/jfk-civil-rights-legacy/), and [Martin Luther King, Jr.](https://time.com/6258531/martin-luther-king-jr-time-cover-1964/), among many other figures. The [attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on July 13](https://time.com/6998302/trump-rally-shooting-2/) was part of this long history. Understanding this can help us to make sense of this horrific event, and find a way forward. Violence is persistent in American society, but its targets vary over time. For the first 150 years of U.S. history, Americans directed violence primarily against those who challenged the expansion of the nation and the growth of slavery. President Andrew Jackson, the most popular political figure of the early 19th century, was famous for his prowess as a fighter of Indians and a defender of slavery. He was a brawler, beloved by rural settlers, Southern plantation owners, and urban immigrants—all trying to get ahead with the help of righteous force. [Jackson fought for them, they believed](https://www.amazon.com/Impossible-Presidency-Americas-Highest-Office/dp/B079H46WL5/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?crid=3U69V2T8OIQ1S&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.euC%5FR%5F1Rqs7JO%5FZEBlFwfg.H8mal4GwqtxgK9MvXVqXDnIajLD6-5le4%5FF5S8zHHxo&dib%5Ftag=se&keywords=impossible+presidency&qid=1720983723&s=audible&sprefix=impossible+presidency%2Caudible%2C98&sr=1-1). During the Civil War and in the decades after, violence was much more controlled by the state. The Union Army was the largest land army in the world, and the first national military organization in the United States to conscript citizens to carry guns against an enemy. The Union Army destroyed large parts of the South, killed tens of thousands of citizens, and eventually ended slavery. The United States experienced what some historians call a [“Second American Revolution”](https://www.amazon.com/Abraham-Lincoln-Second-American-Revolution/dp/0195076060/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?crid=NFFDH4WNMBQL&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.jhd7c2BMiiVQjm-%5FIPnZuCmU7uNi6SXxQfNc47yNYEYw1G4YC1rATHLM-eC0llfTrDp2CRqmgK3rpJCMdq94q8To-pZ2CqGHuNwRP2pblz5lfEU4beJtkpU-3HYm4fcG1RoEdgNuj6Z%5FT8vY0dqPfItTODO0zL4bxi-872qdlCxF5diNLRlhL6PXesInny8AN6Gb34%5FDjRFvynrLMIOau1QFr2Qaa4FWTkwS%5FQgZHPw.75iQYSyZgniC-YU7kGIDycINtqkWO7tQleiOMECwJxI&dib%5Ftag=se&keywords=lincoln+second+american+revolution&qid=1720983787&s=books&sprefix=lincoln+second+american+revolution%2Cstripbooks%2C97&sr=1-1) from the barrels of breechloaders and other weapons. The Union Army was not, however, the only American organization to harness violence for political purposes. States, especially in the former Confederacy, created militias to enforce their rules and protect power for their favored populations. The [Ku Klux Klan](https://time.com/6325590/america-terrorist-movement-ku-klux-klan-history/), founded in Tennessee in the aftermath of the Civil War, was one of many state-supported paramilitaries that systematically attacked former slaves, immigrants, and others who tried to open businesses, buy property, and vote in various communities. The Constitution granted all citizens certain legal rights, but violent groups —often operating with support from local and state governments—[determined what those rights meant in practice](https://www.amazon.com/Civil-War-Other-Means-Unfinished/dp/1541758544/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?crid=39B59A3JTDZ90&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.YoblhWWZ%5FkDUFfhf7yBSIqeHegcRHKQZkYVynsyr6XhCtVQ7fuxypkoY%5FPmyMf3OBET9NDJh4OXO2Oh5spzD7CIGx1xOfPy9RBxNDD6KW9YZdTeYjaNf6IXO47UiX-yiQN5jAKBCpy7MF7SiWLMv3nPnSmijA1Wz2q3usqIjLaI7UYmBy%5FsJp%5FCN-tdbJHpaA1zIcXNopOYNikkNmdhkJJzv9tHK-IgTD3DQUnuMieg.NfY9PuKh%5FPhOfiXf7cKru4zoaHHyoA7yN83ocdAi%5FPU&dib%5Ftag=se&keywords=civil+war+by+other+means&qid=1720983834&s=books&sprefix=civil+war+by+other+means%2Cstripbooks%2C103&sr=1-1). That dynamic still applies in some communities, especially for poor and disadvantaged citizens. John Wilkes Booth, the actor and Confederate sympathizer who shot Abraham Lincoln, was the first presidential assassin, but not the last. As the federal government became effective at using violence to force changes throughout the country, men like Booth resisted by targeting the commander-in-chief. [Booth believed he was slaying a tyrant, and his dastardly act was glorified in Southern newspapers.](https://www.amazon.com/Civil-War-Other-Means-Unfinished/dp/1541758544/ref=sr%5F1%5F1?crid=39B59A3JTDZ90&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.YoblhWWZ%5FkDUFfhf7yBSIqeHegcRHKQZkYVynsyr6XhCtVQ7fuxypkoY%5FPmyMf3OBET9NDJh4OXO2Oh5spzD7CIGx1xOfPy9RBxNDD6KW9YZdTeYjaNf6IXO47UiX-yiQN5jAKBCpy7MF7SiWLMv3nPnSmijA1Wz2q3usqIjLaI7UYmBy%5FsJp%5FCN-tdbJHpaA1zIcXNopOYNikkNmdhkJJzv9tHK-IgTD3DQUnuMieg.NfY9PuKh%5FPhOfiXf7cKru4zoaHHyoA7yN83ocdAi%5FPU&dib%5Ftag=se&keywords=civil+war+by+other+means&qid=1720983834&s=books&sprefix=civil+war+by+other+means%2Cstripbooks%2C103&sr=1-1) He became the first martyr for countless men in later decades who believed they could defend principle and find glory by using violence against the figure who commanded the most force in the country. A motley group of characters followed Booth as assassins and would-be assassins of Presidents. Charles Guiteau, an unsuccessful man with delusions of grandeur, shot James Garfield in 1881 because he felt the President denied him a government appointment. Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist angered by the inequalities of wealth, fired two bullets into William McKinley in 1901\. John Schrank, a tavern owner in Milwaukee who feared Theodore Roosevelt was becoming a dictator by seeking a third presidential term, attempted to murder the former President in 1912\. Giuseppe Zangara, a man who wanted to kill [“all capitalists,”](https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article131007844.html) fired five shots at President-elect Franklin Roosevelt in early 1933\. He missed Roosevelt, but he killed Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak, who was standing next to the President-elect. Lee Harvey Oswald, probably the most notorious assassin, [murdered President John F. Kennedy](https://time.com/6338396/jfk-assassination-conspiracy-culture/) in November 1963, for reasons that appear to be personal, not part of a larger conspiracy. And John Hinkley Jr., an unsuccessful songwriter, [shot President Ronald Reagan](https://time.com/3775882/behind-the-photos-the-attempted-assassination-of-president-reagan-revisited/) in early 1981, hoping to win the affections of actor Jodie Foster. None of these assassins were part of violent militia groups; they all acted alone. They were, however, symptoms of the larger history of violence in the country. They attained their weapons easily, they echoed others around them who glorified violence, and they had reason to believe that their violent actions would be greeted with approval in some quarters. The vigilante assassin, like the cowboy and the lawman, is part of the fabric of American culture—a figure that appeals dangerously to individuals seeking to boost themselves and their cause. In recent years, our partisan politics have promoted this violent tendency in American society. Political candidates and elected officials frequently call their adversaries “traitors” and “threats to America.” In 2016 then-candidate [Donald Trump advocated violence against his opponent, Hillary Clinton](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/10/us/politics/donald-trump-hillary-clinton.html). On Jan. 6, 2021, President Trump called on his supporters to [“fight much harder” and “fight like hell”](https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-capitol-siege-media-e79eb5164613d6718e9f4502eb471f27) as they marched to the Capitol and tried to disrupt the certification of President Joe Biden’s election. Trump refused to call off or condemn the violence perpetrated by his supporters on that day, and since then he has treated the [men and women convicted for law-breaking as heroes](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/13/us/politics/trump-jan-6.html). In October 2022 [David DePape](https://time.com/6227343/paul-pelosi-attack-political-violence-history/), a Trump supporter, broke into then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s home and assaulted her husband. He told police that he was responding to Pelosi’s alleged stealing of the election from Trump: ["I was going to hold her hostage and get her to tell the truth. If she didn't tell the truth, I'd break her kneecaps."](https://abc7news.com/post/paul-pelosi-attack-recording-played-court-david-depape/14893159/) That is the language of violent bullying (and male misogyny) long glorified in American history. DePape believed he was a courageous vigilante for principle and people like him. That is the defiant and violent message that Trump and his supporters send every day. It makes them popular because it resonates, and it encourages attacks and shootings, especially by young men seeking to boost themselves in the eyes of their peers. They just want to be heroes, like the gunfighters before them. We don’t yet know why Thomas Matthew Crooks fired multiple shots at Donald Trump on July 13\. This assassination attempt has been condemned by political leaders from all sides in the United States. That is necessary, but also easy. The real question is whether we are willing to see how extreme rhetoric, particularly from Trump himself, has encouraged this pre-existing tendency to violence in our society. We have inherited a very violent culture in the United States. Moving forward, we have a choice. We can continue to encourage violence, or, we can step back and actively discourage personal attacks, bullying, and intimidation, knowing all too well where they can lead. This glorification of violence threatens us all. But we can push against our history. ## Transcript My fellow Americans. I want to speak to you tonight about the need for us to lower the temperature in our politics. And to remember, or we may disagree, we are not enemies. We're neighbors, we're friends, co workers, citizens, and most importantly, we're our fellow Americans. We must stand together. Yesterday's shooting at Donald Trump's rally in Pennsylvania calls on all of us to take a step back. Take stock of where we are. How we go forward from here. Thankfully, former Trump is not seriously injured. I spoke to him last night. I'm grateful. He's doing well and Jill and I keep him and his family in our prayers. We also extend our deepest condolences to the family of the victims who was killed. Core was a husband, a father, a volunteer firefighter, a hero, sheltering his family from those bullets. We should all hold his family and all those injured in our prayers. Earlier today, I spoke about an ongoing investigation. We do not know the motive of the shooter yet. We don't know his opinions or affiliations. We don't know whether he had help or support, or if he communicated with anyone else. Law enforcement professionals, as I speak are investigating those questions. Tonight, I want to speak to what we do know. A former president was shot. An American citizen killed while simply exercising his freedom to support the candidate of his choosing. We cannot. We must not go down this road in America. We've traveled before throughout our history. Violence has never been the answer, Whether with members of Congress and both parties being targeted and shot, or a violent mob attacking the Capitol on January 6, or a brutal attack on the spouse of former speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, or information and intimidation on election officials or the kidnapping plot against the sitting governor, or an attempted assassination on Donald Trump. There is no place in America for this kind of violence or for any violence ever. Period. No exceptions. We can allow this violence to be normalized. You know, the political record in this country has gotten very heated. It's time to cool it down. We all have a responsibility to do that. Yes, we have deeply felt strong disagreements. The stakes in this election are enormously high. I've said it many times that the choice in this selection we make in this election is going to shape the future of America and the world for decades to come. I believe that with all my soul. I know that millions of my fellow Americans believe it as well. And some have a different view as to the direction our country should take. Disagreement is inevitable in American democracy. It's part of human nature, but politics must never be a literal battlefield, a God forbid, a killing field. I believe politics ought to be an arena for peaceful debate, to pursue justice, to make decisions guided by the Declaration of Independence in our Constitution. We stand for an America not of extremism and fury, but of decency and grace. All of us now face the time of testing as the election approaches. And the higher the stakes, the more fervent the passions become. This places an added burden on each of us to ensure that no matter how strong our convictions, we must never descend into violence. Republican Convention will start tomorrow. I have no doubt they'll criticize my record and offer their own vision for this country. I'll be traveling this week making the case for our record and the vision my vision of the country. Our vision. I'll continue to speak out strongly for our democracy. Stand up for our Constitution, and the rule of law to call for action at the battle box. No violence on our streets. That's how democracy should work. We debate and disagree. We compare and contrast the character of the candidates, the records, the issues, the agenda, the vision for America. But in America, we resolve our difference at the battle box. You know, that's how we do it at the battle box, not with bullets. The power to change America should always rest in the hands of the people, not in the hands of would be assassin. You know, the past forward, through a competing visions of the campaign should always be resolved peacefully. No through acts of violence. You know, we're blessed to live in the greatest country on Earth, and I believe that with every soul, every power of my bed. So tonight, I'm asking every American to recommit to make America make America to think about. What's made America so special? Here in America, everyone must be treated with dignity and respect, and ate must have no safe harbor. Here in America, we need to get out of our silos, where we only listen to those with whom we agree, where misinformation is rampant, where foreign actors fan the flames of our division to shape the outcomes consistent with their interests, not ours. Let's remember, here in America, all unity is the most elusive of Gal goals right now. Nothing is more important for us now than standing together. We can do this. You know, from the beginning, our founders understood the power of passion. And so they created democracy. That gave reason and balance a chance to prevail over a brute force. That's the American we must be. An American democracy, arguments are made in good faith. An American democracy where the rule of law is respected. A American democracy where decency, dignity, fair play aren't just quaint notions, but living breathing realities. We owe that to those who come before us to those who gave their lives for this country. We owe that to ourselves. We owe it to our children and our grandchildren. Look, let's never lose sight of who we are. Let's remember we are the United States of America. There is nothing, nothing, nothing beyond our capacity. When we do it together. 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