From Father to Son: A Decade-Old Rifle and a Presidential Assassination Attempt Unravel
Butler, Pa. — Ten years after a tragic school shooting led to a spike in firearm purchases across the United States, one of the guns bought during that period was used in a startling act of violence. In the small town of Butler, a 20-year-old man used an AR-style rifle, bought by his father a decade earlier, to fire at a political rally, attempting to assassinate a former president. The shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, was …