Is it possible that gun violence in the United States has reached such appalling levels that even a second attempt on the life of a presidential candidate in as many months has been greeted, if not with a shrug, then with a grim sense of inevitability?
Donald Trump, the former president and Republican nominee, has been declared “safe” after the US Secret Service uncovered what the FBI labelled an apparent assassination attempt while he was playing golf at his course in Florida. The suspect, identified as Ryan Wesley Routh by various news outlets, allegedly left an AK-47-style assault rifle at the scene before fleeing. He has since been arrested.
