Why are there no more Assassinations

[Nuclear Bear]

I was wondering about this the other day.

I didn't live in the 50, 60's and 70's, but it seemed like back in those days if you had radical or controversial opinions you were very much at risk of being murdered.

The last really major assassination attempt of a political figure I can think is Ronald Reagan in 1981


What has changed from the the past 40 or 50 years until today?

Is it People's attitudes, or is it increased technology when it comes to security.

Was security just not very good in the 1960's when all these major political figures where getting gunned down?

What has changed?

 

[IRC]

I assume you mean in the U.S.?

There are political assassinations just across our southern border almost every day.

 

[Longhorny630]

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[Son of a Son]

Because "people" can not keep their mouths shut. In order for an assasination to take place, someone would have to work alone without any help or coordination from others. Otherwise some idiot will change his status to "bought a bunch of fertilizer for Paul today" on Facbook, or will tweet "Spent the day on the range shooting at pictures of Cheney with John".

 

[Nuclear Bear]

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[BigWill]

forgetting about Tupac?



jk

 

[general35]

are you looking for a job?

 

[rickysrun]

Nuclear Bear...Secret Service on Line 2

 

[ptownhorn]

Well, at least this is a thread I have never seen on hornfans before.

 

[Longhorny630]

My money is Julian Assange being next

 

[general35]

my favorite assassin of all time is john cusack in grosse point blank.

 

[Son of a Son]

"wish I had a gun"
"What?
"This is gonna be fun!"

 

[HornsInTheHouse]

I think it is because police forces have gotten more professional and more skilled at investigating murders. Assassins are deterred by their belief that they will get caught. A lot of assassins in the past either planned to die in the act or escape. Look at the Mossad hit on the Hamas guy in Dubai. It went off without a hitch, the Israeli assassins were in and out in less than 24 hours. But then the Dubai police chief actually did police work! Pretty damn good police work because he got Interpol warrants for 20+ Mossad agents, picking one up in Poland. Sure nothing will probably happen to them, but it's enough of a diplomatic headache that Israel will be much more reluctant to assassinate people in developed nations. Of course they are still murdering Iranian scientists...

 

[general35]

Of course they are still murdering Iranian scientists...
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makes sense for them. they probably have an aversion to reaching 5000 degrees F.

 

[zzzz]

What is the motivation of an assassin?Politics - The assassinations of the sixties show they don't effect great change.
Power - No one that we know of behind an assassination in the U.S. has assumed power.

Fame - The victim tends to be immortalized more than the killer.

Hatred - Individuals are more accepting of others than they used to be.

One could also argue that society is less politically conflicted (we have two camps instead of a generational divide).

"Me, me, me..."

I think the difference is the loner of yesteryear who would have been an assassin is now more likely to be a terrorist or rampaging shooter. Why? If I kill a famous person, they are remembered. If I kill a hundred people on the street, I am remembered (and by extension my cause). Lending credence to this theory is the fact that security for high-profile figures, as noted above, has improved -- if I am foiled in my assassination attempt few will remember me.

 

[immtex]

Its much easier for these ******** to target a bunch of innocent victims and get a large body count rather than try to assasinate a protected political leader.