S-N Editorial

Former president Donald Trump escaped death by the thinnest of margins Saturday when a gunman narrowly missed his shot at a campaign event in Pennsylvania. Trump suffered an ear injury and two others were hurt during the assassination attempt, while another audience member was tragically killed.

The attack was the first such on a sitting or former president since Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981. Trump has remained defiant in the days since and hasn’t let the attempt on his life affect his schedule. With a bandage over his right ear, he appeared at the GOP presidential convention Monday to rauco...