Blanche praises shooting response as former agents warn of America’s spiraling violence

(Andrew Childers, Avery Lotz – Axios) The alleged gunman who opened fire on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday was immediately subdued, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said, praising law enforcement’s quick response. The suspect “barely breached the perimeter” of the event before being taken into custody, said Blanche. He called it “a massive security success story” during a Sunday appearance on CNN’s State of the Union. “This was law enforcement doing exactly what they trained their whole lives to do,” he said. But the moment still warrants reflection, former Secret Service agents tell Axios, both into future security strategy and the rapidly intensifying national temperature. “Whether it be your church, your school, your mall or the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, I think we should all be very … uncomfortable knowing that violence has no bounds, that our words matter,” says Michael Matranga, a former U.S. Secret Service special agent and CEO of security firm M6 Global Defense. – White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting response was a “success story,” Todd Blanche says