What makes it right for a judge or a congressman to get shot but not your wife? Somebody loves them as much or more than you do your wife.
My wife does not hunger after coercive power over others. She does not claim a monopoly over the initiation of force. She does not commit acts that would be instantly identified as crimes if they came from any source other than government. She does useful things for which she is voluntarily compensated by people who freely choose to hire her.
In short, she is not a politician.
She is morally superior to a politician.
(A tapeworm is morally superior to a politician: it does survive parasitically on its host's essence, the same way a politician does, but at least it's not corrupt.)
I'm not going to say it was right for this particular congresswoman and judge to be shot; but however right or wrong it was, it was more wrong for the other people and the little girl to be shot.
When in a deep hole, it is often advisable to quit digging. If not, sooner or later the sides will cave in.
