This is such a sad story. It turns out the shooter was an 88 year old man with a long history of right-wing, anti-Semitic and anti-government violence. He evidently attempted to kidnap the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in the 80s. He only served 6 years for that crime. Now he's killed a man who was only doing his job. It's a good thing the security reacted quickly and stopped him before he could get to an occupied part of the building. Many more than that one brave guard would have died if that would have happened.
It deeply scares and saddens me the increased level of violence coming from the right-wing in recent months. It seems to get worse and worse. This is an entire movement devoted to nothing but hate and violence. I have no doubt this isn't the last we'll hear from these people.
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