> Maybe the answer is to cool it with the idea that government officials all need to have large personal protective details. Isn't that the job of the police?

So like Shinzo Abe?

Edit: I picked Shinzo Abe because it was a recent example I felt people would be familiar with, but honestly it seems like any notoriety at all is dangerous. Someone assassinated MLK Jr's mother[1] while she played a church organ. Relying on the general reasonableness of other people doesn't seem to scale at all.

[1]: https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/22/obituaries/m-w-chenault-4...