iirc the shot was 300 yards with iron sights. That’s not impossible but it’s not easy either. Someone who doesn’t shoot often would definitely have trouble with that
Yes, I’m implying this was staged and he was just used. Maybe he was even told that he was there to protect trump as a secret backup to USSS. There are a lot of mentally ill people that you could convince of anything.
IIRC the consensus was the secret service agent tackle caused it. Not surprising for a frail old man to be scraped pretty easily. The pageantry with the gauze was to leverage the injury into a tough guy image instead of sad bruised geriatric.
I don’t really buy the staged conspiracy theories.
Secret service protection is reduced when you’re not the president and would be spread thinnest during peak rally-season
Trump’s polling was really, really bad at the time. The motive makes sense along with the demographics of the shooter (all these assassination attempts are from disillusioned groyper-types)
He looked confused/in shock during and afterwards and he’s not a good enough actor to fake that
A person died from the shots, no chance live ammo would be allowed
In the weeks following Trump made very few appearances and rumors were describing ptsd symptoms. If it were staged you can be damn sure that blowhard would be putting on photo shoots every day
I don’t like that this is thrown around like it means anything. You do not need to hit that target to qualify, and you will not be very combat effective at that range anyway. Range quals ≠ combat effectiveness.
First, not even close. The moa of the rifle used was 2-3, where both the m4 and m16 are about 1. It was a crappy rifle that sold as a very-budget rifle. It wouldn’t even qualify as “good enough”. Like the m16.
Secondly, the ammo he was using was a lighter loading for target shooting and lower energy.
As set up, it was at the edge of what crooks could be effective at (which is significantly lower than what he can hit at.) even if Crooks had the skill to make the shot. (Which he didn’t.)
iirc the shot was 300 yards with iron sights. That’s not impossible but it’s not easy either. Someone who doesn’t shoot often would definitely have trouble with that
100 yds with iron sights isn’t exactly easy.
Does it matter if he used blanks?
Yes, I’m implying this was staged and he was just used. Maybe he was even told that he was there to protect trump as a secret backup to USSS. There are a lot of mentally ill people that you could convince of anything.
Blanks than killed one and sent two more to hospital. Magic blanks.
his ear also never got shot, and he had blood on it somehow? where did it come from. hence the staging accusations.
IIRC the consensus was the secret service agent tackle caused it. Not surprising for a frail old man to be scraped pretty easily. The pageantry with the gauze was to leverage the injury into a tough guy image instead of sad bruised geriatric.
I don’t really buy the staged conspiracy theories.
One died, two others were in critical condition. The conspiracy theory is fucking stupid. Same bullshit as Alex Jones.
it had back up irons but also a red dot. I doubt he took the shot with the irons flipped up.
IIRC, the shot was also just inside where the rifle would be effective.
The rifle is effective at ranges further than the shooter. In every case. That rifle is more than capable of a killing shot from there, and further.
He was 130 m or so away. 5.56 is deadly from further. A lot further.
Every marine qualifies with 5.56 at 500m
Qualifying on a range and hitting a target dead on in a real situation is not the same thing.
I don’t like that this is thrown around like it means anything. You do not need to hit that target to qualify, and you will not be very combat effective at that range anyway. Range quals ≠ combat effectiveness.
Not even close. In the Marine Corps, we qualified at 500yds with effectively the same rifle using iron sights
First, not even close. The moa of the rifle used was 2-3, where both the m4 and m16 are about 1. It was a crappy rifle that sold as a very-budget rifle. It wouldn’t even qualify as “good enough”. Like the m16.
Secondly, the ammo he was using was a lighter loading for target shooting and lower energy.
As set up, it was at the edge of what crooks could be effective at (which is significantly lower than what he can hit at.) even if Crooks had the skill to make the shot. (Which he didn’t.)