Steve Scalise Shot during GOP Baseball Practice

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RawStory: GOP whip Steve Scalise and at least 4 others shot during early morning baseball practice

NYTimes: Member of Congress Reportedly Shot at Baseball Field in Virginia

It seems totally politically motivated, Congressman Ron DeSantis said he was approached by a man in the parking lot while leaving who asked if it were Republicans or Democrats out there practicing on the field.

Sadly not very surprising given the rise in extreme violent political imagery and rhetoric that have been all over the media in recent weeks. Thankfully security shot this man or else things could of been a lot of worse, it could of been a massacre.

According to CNN the security guard who shot the gunman did so after being shot himself. He is a hero.

Also:

The Atlantic: Who Is Steve Scalise?

Yes, I also heard that the gunman asked if they were Republicans or Democrats, practicing. My first thought, was: "Oh----I wonder if it was yet another Democrat, suffering, greatly, from "Trump Derangement Syndrome" (except, in the opposite way, of course - meaning, AGAINST President Trump / Republicans). I can't WAIT to hear of the gunman's motivation!!

Apparently, leftist radicals practice the Second Amendment, now, but conservatives don't.

Washington Post

James T. Hodgkinson has been identified as the shooter.

Another Bernie Sanders supporter, becoming a trend...

A lefty Bernie Bro, ay? Hopefully a one-off. We wouldn't want people to start normalizing the idea of political violence, would we.

President Trump just said that the gunman has, now, died.

If you're details-oriented, you can catch all sorts of embarrassing details, within the first 1-2 hours, usually. In the state-owned media.

That will segue into making him look like a generic, fundamentalist reactionary.

Wash, rinse, repeat.

NBC News (TV) just reported that the gunman had been arrested, before, for a domestic "issue"----he pulled-out his girlfriend's hair, but she didn't want to press charges.

Also, that people at the nearby YMCA (that also had bullet damage) said they thought they recognized the gunman as the same man who had been there, several days, recently----that he would be in the sauna, then would "set-up shop", with his laptop, in the Y's lobby.

Also, they said that one of somebody's staff (aide, or something), Matt Micah (?), is in critical condition, as he had been shot, several times.

CBS (TV - I've been switching back-and-forth) just reported that the gunman was VERY against President Trump, and they showed pictures of him, protesting (holding a sign that said something about "Tax the Rich"), and being involved in other political "things", and that the gunman had recently posted on social media: "Terminate the Republican Party".

There are some kind of officials outside the gunman's home, in Illinois (I think they said) (apparently, maybe, awaiting a search warrant)----and, that neighbors said he hadn't been there (his home), for awhile.

Also, Mr. Scalise is out of surgery, now, and should be fine.

It makes no sense to blame the entire left for the actions of one disturbed person. The shooter probably increased the political support for the people he shot. He created a lot of suffering, and gained nothing.

I don't see a clear connection in the literature between any type of imaginary violence, including games or KG's photo session, and violent behavior. However, for people at risk of behaving violently, exposure to those stimuli seems to increase the risk. I still think we should avoid violent rhetoric, since it doesn't seem to contribute to resolving problems and primarily serves as self-gratification.