To the Editor:

Apparently a would-be assassin resorted to political violence this past weekend when he tried to kill the former President. The left has spoken out ad nauseam against political violence, particularly that which has been part and parcel of the right’s messaging. It’s a deplorable and despicable act of misguided partisanship, the kind which the right likes to threaten.

Sometimes you reap what you sow.

So the lovers of the Second Amendment found out about the perils of gun violence when one of their own fell prey to the reality of gun violence.

But this hasn’t changed anything in the big picture. I still believe the former President is not the right person to re-occupy the White House. I’m glad he’s still alive and kicking, and I’m even gladder that this act of violence didn’t destroy dozens of innocent lives in a school setting or any other public place.

But reality checks don’t seem to hit the mark when it comes to the Grand Old Party. I’m anxious to hear how this has nothing to do with the right’s inflammatory political rhetoric or the Second Amendment.

Keith R. Klawitter

Morgan