Last month, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed , shot while speaking at Utah Valley University. In August, a shooter attacked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shattering its “blast-resistant” glass with 180 bullets. In June, former Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot to death in their home by a man posing as a police officer. Earlier that day, the same man attacked Minnesota state senator John Hoffman and his wife.