Back in September, I wrote about the assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. In the aftermath, I asked my fellow Nebraskans and Americans to settle our arguments the right way—by talking, not by picking up a weapon.
Now, seven months later, I must write about another act of senseless violence. I was at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25, a celebration of the First Amendment, when a gunman tried to charge the event entrance in an attempt to assassinate President Trump.Those in attendance got down to the floor as soon as we saw Secret Service agents rush into the filled ballroom.
Thank God for those agents and local law enforcement. They stopped the shooter before he even got to the floor where the ballroom is located. He is in custody and will be held accountable. But we must ask ourselves: how did we—as a nation— get here? The things this man wrote online and in his manifesto were deeply alarming.
