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I'm not a gun guy and I've been lazy (I only read the very short article) but to me it seems like a 10/10 "What the fuck were they thinking?" screw up by the Secret Service.

Sniper shot at former President Donald Trump from 130 yards away on roof of manufacturing plant

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[–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 52 points 2 months ago (1 children)

130 yards?!! The fuck was he using a snub nosed revolver, how you miss at that range?

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 32 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

He likely didn’t adjust for elevation and windage. He likely had the crosshairs exactly lined up where wanted but was too inexperienced or in too much of a rush to properly adjust

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 46 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

you really shouldn't need to adjust for 120 meters beyond setting up your sights for 100 meters then aiming ever so slightly above it. Like unless you've literally got zero weapons experience to know how to put the apple on the post, in which case why are you trying to assasssinate a politician, any shooter should know the most basics of basics of firearm usage

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Judging by photos that caught the bullets in flight the shots were at the correct height. The shoot missed to the sides of the target not up/down. Genuine incompetence.

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Lack of trigger discipline then. I sentence him to more range time in hell.

[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Trump was apparently moving around quite a bit when they fired.

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 26 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Sounds like they should've put the neck as the apple on the post instead of the head. but I'm not someone planning on doing something as asinine as trying to shoot a politician.

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

big waste of your life fr. and theres a chance you turn it into a whole shitshow and die anyways

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well I plan on living a nice long life with as minimal shitshows occurring and giving uncle death a run for his money

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

yeah i need to survive long enough to see the aliens come down from the stars and bring us communism

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'll be happy building back at least to the level of what we lost in the communist movement from the the government's red purges and the liquidationists in cpusa

[–] Bobson_Dugnutt@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'll be happy if any trees are still alive in 30 years

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well you'll be happy to know Alaska will do quite fine then

[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

I want to see China push the Communism button.

xi-button

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)
[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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Can you remove this tracking bit of the url

[–] MaoTheLawn@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

done

I never know which bit to cut out

I got the amp part out but missed that

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

I have to get bullied constantly in the mod mailbox to learn the technical details of link safety, something I'm thankful for but still find very humorous

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[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago

The pro-Bernie shooter used an SKS and had zero weapons training lol

[–] tactical_trans_karen@hexbear.net 24 points 2 months ago

Not at that range, shaky hands and all an average shooter can hit center mass with a heavy crosswind. Just saw a former secret service counter sniper say at that range hitting your target is "a given". Straight up skill issue.

[–] Finger@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] NoamParenti@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

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