There are few facts as yet. Chief among the missing facts are the identity of the attacker and what his motives were. I suspect that those little details will determine if this becomes Big News or just sorta fades away.

Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, attacked with hammer at home

Option A, this becomes Big News: the attacker will prove to be a whacko right winger

Option B, this fades away: the attacker will prove to be a left winger, or a drugged-up nut.

In either event: expect there to be a drive to further increase the security of government officials and their families. This security will doubtless extend to armed guards… armed with the sort of weapons that Speaker Pelosi would use the power of government to prevent *you* from having with which to defend your own family against hammer-wielding nuts.

UPDATE:

Well, here we go…

David Depape, Paul Pelosi Suspect: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

David Depape is a Berkeley resident. What are Depape’s politics and was he on social media? On a blog and website, he was fixated on censorship and made anti-Semitic comments. In one post, he ranted about government attempts to control information, calling for the arrest of journalists from prominent news organizations. Online records give Depape’s age as 42.

OK. In some ways, this guys *screams* Left Wing Nut… lives in Berkeley, sells hemp jewelry, hangs out with nudism activists. On the other hand, his views are straight out of Hollywood Central Casting for a Right Wing Nut… ranting about the Jews, Qanon, Covid conspiracies, Commies, Trump support, etc. There’s enough here to paint him as a Far Right Extremist, and so I expect that’ll be the narrative going forward. This story should thus now become Big News. Just in time for the election, as it happens.