Ditto what Dwight said. I would add that the fact that those of us that recall and consider that item as "chilling" is that we were young and probably much less inclined to encounter such random, ugly violence as youth are today. That, I'm afraid is a sad, ugly fact. Perhaps there really isn'y more violence - perhaps the news just gets distributed more efficiently AND ugly news SELLS. But, that's my take. To respond further, I believe the there would be similar reaction regardless of the president. It was the act as much or more than the victim.
