George Tiller and Gabrielle Giffords come to mind; I suppose Matthew Shephard does not count since he was "only" savagely beaten and left in the middle of nowhere to die of exposure, not shot. When pro life groups feel obliged to disavow vigilante murder of people on their "wanted" posters, things have gotten out of hand. The best to be said is it is not as bad as when people blew up churches with kids inside, even as the GOP devised the Southern Strategy to RECRUIT VOTES from them.

Cannoli can proclaim "self defense" all he likes, but unless the Unabomber is released from prison I know of no liberal murderers in the US to concern him. Granted, some conservatives define "defense" broadly, as with people who murder abortion doctors "in defense of the unborn," but I obviously reject that definition. It is pathetic; in the US, conservatives killing liberals just over abortion almost certainly outnumber liberals killing conservatives over ANYTHING. The century of (usually Democratic) conservatives lynching people dwarfs the Unabomber by orders of magnitude. It disturbs and alarms me when conservatives respond by saying I cannot complain, let alone demand any law enforcement prevent such things, because "yeah, but, the Unabomber...."

I have no problem sweeping up Unabombers along with nazis, klansmen and other perpetrators of political violence. However, there is a great difference between one guy in a wilderness shack and the governor of the nations second largest state chiding a presidential primary rally for not "do[ing]" things to the "treasonous" Fed Chair like Republicans in his state would. For that matter, it is rather ridiculous for anyone to endorse secession at a press conference then accuse someone else of treason a year later. Maybe we DO need a new law: If you or your spouse has public supported seceding from the United States, you cannot be president of it.