Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An danganta harbe-harbe da yawa da littafin Salinger, gami da Robert John Bardo na kisan Rebecca Schaeffer da John Hinckley Jr.
yunkurin kashe Ronald Reagan. Bugu da ƙari, bayan da ya kashe John Lennon, an kama Mark David Chapman mai tsattsauran ra'ayi tare da kwafin littafin da ya saya a wannan ranar, a ciki ya rubuta: "Ga Holden Caulfield, Daga Holden Caulfield, "Wannan" shine maganata".