This is a cross-hair symbol.
The media attacked Sarah Palin just after Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot, insinuating she had taken some sort of part causing the incident when she allegedly marked Gabrielle Giffords for death with "cross-hair" symbols. Actually, Representative Giffords was marked for electoral defeat with surveyor symbols, which are used to mark locations on maps, not "cross-hair" symbols.
