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Cool_Name
lemmy.world

Considering he is in a crowd of angry gun obsessed extremists who have been cultivated to reject reality, I think there is a decent chance that this was one of his own. Maybe someone was pissed that he softened his stance on abortion. The so-called "pro-lifers" have murdered before.

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PugJesusreply
lemmy.world

God, I hope it is. Both for the irony and the reduction of harm it would do to our chances of resisting fascism this November.

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Cool_Namereply
lemmy.world

Well, the shooter was a registered republican. So it is still seeming possible.

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Cortreply
lemmy.world

That was my assumption. Somebody wanted him out before the convention next week

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ChicoSuave
lemmy.world

If only there was a good guy with a gun, they could have prevented this. Where, oh where, in a Pennsylvania right wing convention can be found a good guy with a gun?

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IIIreply
lemmy.world

Teleprompter had Project 2025 on it... shooter made a call.

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kent_ehreply
lemmy.ca

Several videos from multiple angles show the teleprompters being intact after Trump was on the ground.

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too_high_for_thisreply
lemmy.world

Effective range for an AR is like 1500 ft.

I'm not a great shot and I can easily shoot a 2" grouping at 600 ft. I've hit moving deer in the woods at around 500 ft. It's not a hard shot if you know what you're doing.

If he had aimed center mass, like a competent shooter would, Trump would probably be dead.

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