While speaking at Atlanta's Trumpet Awards Foundation on Sunday, Michelle Obama sought to reassure the largely black audience that her husband does not live life in a sniper's crosshairs:

There are still voices, even within our own community, that focus on what might go wrong.

Apparently, some black voters fear that voting for Barack Obama will put him in harm's way. We here at 23/6 would like to reassure African-Americans that while assassinations can happen anywhere (even in safe havens like Pakistan), many leaders, including Ronald Reagan and the Pope, have survived an assassin's bullet and thrived, before dying of broken hips or angina or whatever it is that kills old people.

Before you cast your vote, read through our inspirational list of Unsuccessful Assassination Attempt Success Stories