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@AThousandYoung
If it was a piece of glass, I heard the teleprompter got wacked, that could be what actually hit Trump but that means the shooter missed him by a mile. Just doesn't make sense. Like I said, there have been sniper kills from a mile away.
@sonhouse saidBy trained marksman, yes.
@AThousandYoung
If it was a piece of glass, I heard the teleprompter go wacked, that could be what actually hit Trump but that means the shooter missed him by a mile. Just doesn't make sense. Like I said, there have been sniper kills from a mile away.
We don't even know if this guy had any training at all.
@no1marauder
This is true, could be a drunk nutter for all we know. But he is dead now and there will be no more information coming from that dude unless he left some kind of manifesto in his flat or was found to be in a fringe group like the Proud boys or something similar.
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@no1marauder saidYep, Head shots at 150 yards takes a skilled marksman. Guy watched too many movies, if he gone for a torso/center of mass shot Trump would be dead.
By trained marksman, yes.
We don't even know if this guy had any training at all.
@Cliff-Mashburn saidYou don't think Trump had a vest?
Yep, Head shots at 150 yards takes a skilled marksman. Guy watched too many movies, if he gone for a torso/center of mass shot Trump would be dead.
@AThousandYoung saidI thought his extra large bulk was courtesy of McDonalds.
You don't think Trump had a vest?
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@AThousandYoung saidA vest that would stop a .308 would be huge. I'm not sure if they even make one, I've seen vests that will stop a 5.56 or the Russian 7.62x39, but not the .308, which is much more powerful.
You don't think Trump had a vest?
@sonhouse saidPeople insult Biden for using a teleprompter and now we find out Trump does too...
@AThousandYoung
If it was a piece of glass, I heard the teleprompter got wacked, that could be what actually hit Trump but that means the shooter missed him by a mile. Just doesn't make sense. Like I said, there have been sniper kills from a mile away.
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@Cliff-Mashburn saidIt was probably a 5.56
A vest that would stop a .308 would be huge. I'm not sure if they even make one, I've seen vests that will stop a 5.56 or the Russian 7.62x39, but not the .308, which is much more powerful.
Even a 5.56 will penetrate most armor with proper ammunition though. I don't think Trump could have had anything strong enough to stop a 5.56 fmj
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@AThousandYoung saidEven those a very thick and bulky, like a Swat Team vest. Vests that can be worn concealed under a shirt are thin only good for pistol rounds, and not even the more powerful ones..
It was a .556
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@sonhouse saidYes 5.56 is the mm caliber for standard NATO rifle rounds* like in the M16. The civilian version is called .223 which refers to inches.
@AThousandYoung
Is 5.56 a millimeter rating?
*At least for now. I heard the Army is moving to 6.8mm soon
@sonhouse saidYes, you can say that again.
@kmax87
It is a crazy scenario in any case.
If he wanted to make Trump a martyr, he's done that.
If he's far right and thinks that Trump has gone soft on certain "issues", the right will reject this as fake news.
If he's on the left/far left, believing shooting Trump is the only remedy against the spectre of project 2025, then he's only increasing the odds of a Trump presidency.
It is a crazy scenario.