Republican Rep. Dusty Johnson of South Dakota has decided to sleep with a loaded pistol near his nightstand after the deadly shootings targeting Minnesota state lawmakers and their families over the weekend.

Threats and violent acts have become part of the political landscape, still shocking but somehow not so surprising.

Melissa Hortman lived the deep partisan divide that Americans talk about every day as a Minnesota House member.

Lawmakers are reacting to the shootings Saturday morning, commending Rep. Hortman’s work at the Capitol and condemning political violence.

Statements are trickling in from elected officials about the shootings targeting state lawmakers. Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband died.

The attacks on two Democratic Minnesota state lawmakers at home are the latest in a grim spike in political violence.