She isn't alone in shooting in the line of duty

[nmbluesky]

Congressman Ryan was the first U.S. congressman to have been killed in the line of duty where happening at Jonestown Massacre in 1978

[Dennis Donovan]

1. That was an early thought of mine:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=137388&mesg_id=137539

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[AnOhioan]

2. Congressman Ryan was not the first

Congressman James M. Hinds (R-Arkansas) was shot and killed October 22, 1868 by George A. Clark, a member of the Ku Klux Klan.

Senator Huey Long (D-Louisiana) was shot September 8, 1935 and died two days later. It is disputed as to whether Carl Weiss assassinated Long or if Long's bodyguards accidentally shot Long and framed Weiss.

Senator Robert F. Kennedy (D-New York) was shot by Sirhan Sirhan June 5, 1968 after giving a speech at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Kennedy, who was campaigning for the Presidency at the time, died early the next morning.

Congressman Leo Ryan (D-California) was assassinated in Guyana during an official visit to investigate allegations of abuse of American citizens at the Jonestown compound of the Peoples Temple religious organization in 1978.<3>

Congressman Larry McDonald (D-Georgia) was killed September 1, 1983 in the Korean Air Lines Flight 007 incident when a Soviet interceptor shot down the passenger plane he was on.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congressmen_wounded_or_killed_in_the_line_of_duty

[Recursion]

3. Several were shot in the House chamber itself by Puerto Rican separatists in 1954

There are still bullet holes in the wall by the Page desk.