It was an early June morning and Steve Scalise and his fellow Republicans were in Alexandria, Virginia, practicing for Congress’ annual baseball game.For reasons that still prove elusive, James Hodgkinson, 66, arrived at the baseball diamond and, standing near home plate, using an SKS 7.26 semiautomatic assault weapon, began shooting indiscriminately at the players. Several were injured but none as gravely as Scalise, who was shot in the hip. The bullet from the SKS shattered [...]
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