35 years ago, President Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously wounded by John Hinckley.
There have been assassination threats against every President since then, but none eyeball to eyeball.
One has to wonder in the midst of the political maelstrom that we are in during this election year of 2016, when the next such direct threat will occur.
Already, there have been reported threats against Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.
With the reckless rhetoric of Donald Trump in particular, but also other Presidential candidates, the danger of a serious assassination attempt or success has grown dramatically.
One has to hope and pray that nothing will happen, but this blogger has written on thehill.com and on History News Network (hnn.us) of his fear of a tragic event occurring. Just by the fact that we have had no direct threat in 35 years, after so many between 1963 and 1981, makes one wonder about the odds catching up toward doom!