The shooter was 12 when Trump was first elected. archive

    • @MataVatnik@lemmy.world
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      344 months ago

      20 years old, he never owned a gun before, 130 yard shot, nicked the ear. Honestly he was closer than would have expected.

      • Supposedly he actually hit the teleprompter and shards from that is what nicked Trump, so bro just missed entirely.

        He was also not allowed to join his school’s rifle club for being a hilariously bad shot…

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          Oh lame. That makes more sense though, it’s not hard but it took me a bit of practice to nail 100 yard shots. If he was inexperienced it makes me wonder if the rifle was even zeroed properly, cause if it wasn’t there was no chance in hell he was going to hit Trump.

          Did some digging, some comments say he had ironsights. Also read the articles about him being a bad shot, apparently he would be so off target that he would hit the leftmost lane when he was sitting in the rightmost lane of the range. Yeah Trump was in no danger.

      • @john89@lemmy.ca
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        44 months ago

        I totally agree. That’s not an easy shot to make, especially for someone who is not trained or experienced.

        He came absurdly close to changing the course of history.

    • YeetPics
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      He went for a 360 no scope but the fkn’ joycon drift sent him off course. Sad.

      • LiveLM
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        94 months ago

        Bro did not make use Gyro controls. Sad!

        • @paf0@lemmy.world
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          104 months ago

          That’s not how things are supposed to work. Trump should be spending his life in prison.

                • @Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world
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                  44 months ago

                  I mean, when they went in and killed all those nobles in the French Revolution that were already locked up, which im not a huge fan of

                • @breadsmasher@lemmy.world
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                  Do you side with the soviet revolutionaries, or the Tsar?

                  The revolutionaries? So you are advocating for the murder of not only the leader, but his young children too.

          • @WanderingVentra@lemm.ee
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            I agree. It was a dumb thing for him to even try in the first place, but it’s hard to blame some kid who was a teenager during the pandemic. Still, considering the case most likely to get Trump in jail was just dismissed I wouldn’t hold your breath for this country’s justice system.

            • @paf0@lemmy.world
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              -94 months ago

              Don’t make excuses for this idiot. He attempted to murder a politician because he didn’t have anything else going on in his sad life. We can all do better.

              And that case will be appealed.

              • @vxx@lemmy.world
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                His classmates said he was a bully during high school. This doesn’t appear to be the victim nor the hero Lemmy tries so hard to make us believe.

                Just keep in mind, the alt-right are rooting for a civil war for years now. So who do you think is behind inciting lefties to become violent, Lemmy?

                • @paf0@lemmy.world
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                  14 months ago

                  It doesn’t matter who is behind it. The whataboutism on this is gross. It doesn’t matter what the other side does, we do not have to stoop to murder or threats. We can all be better.

                  • @breadsmasher@lemmy.world
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                    44 months ago

                    stoop to murder

                    on principal I completely agree.

                    But heres a comparison people will likely cry about.

                    At what point from hitlers starting point in politics, to his suicide in the bunker, should the german people have started committing violence to overthrow their government?

                  • @vxx@lemmy.world
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                    That’s my point. The commentor I replied to got downvoted for condemning violence, while the ones above that should get banned for inciting violence get upvoted like crazy.

                    And it’s no secret that troll farms have it easy here. Willful audience to eat it all up and get radicalised. I just tried to wake them up to what’s happening on here.