This USA Today graphic shows exactly how far away the guy who shot at the White House was — roughly 700 to 800 yards. To put this another way, he fired from like four blocks away on a Friday night while Obama was out of town. If you were to walk from there to the White House — if you could — it would take you 10 to 15 minutes. (For out-of-towners, the public can actually get closer than this to the White House — on the front-facing end — though there are armed police in plain sight.) Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, meanwhile, told agents that he thought Obama was “the anti-Christ” and that he wanted to “hurt” the president. He was charged with attempted assassination on Thursday.
Here’s some more food for thought: why are AK-47s and their rifle derivatives still legal for ownership?
