The attempted assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is drawing condemnation across the board for the shooter's inability to hit a giant target.

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[–] [S] 74 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (29 children)

    The last I heard he actually died, though.

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  • [–] 60 points 1 year ago (16 children)

    What I heard is:

    • 200 yards
    • 1 round expended
    • 1 dead
    • no collateral damage

    Sounds like a pretty competent assassination to me.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Gotta get maga back on his side and forget about Epstein somehow.

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  • [–] 40 points 1 year ago (10 children)

    Yeah. I actually watched the video of him being shot and the statements about him being in "critical condition" were clearly just "we don't want to admit he's dead yet." Not a video for the faint of heart. The shot blew open his neck arteries, I've never seen a fountain of chunky salsa like that in a real-life video before. And he instantly went into the "fencing response" pose, which is also a terrible sign in its own right even without the blood fountain. There were medical professionals commenting over on Reddit that if he'd been shot like that while he was lying on an operating table with a team of surgeons standing around him ready to get to work he still wouldn't have made it.

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  • [+] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)
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    Watched it? Shit I fuckin downloaded it.

    Edit: agreed with those medical professionals. He would've been dead in less than 2-3 minutes even with the best surgical team in the country. That shit was like Tarantino levels of blood.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I'm so out of the loop these days. Where is a source to watch/ download the video uncensored?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Bluesky. There's a couple of angles.

    https://bsky.app/profile/ulfh3dnar.bsky.social/post/3lyiwc7aodk2v taken down

    https://bsky.app/profile/maverickhammed.bsky.social/post/3lyjdfnwqd222

    edit: I believe some of the bsky posts were taken down.

    Of course, there are all the angles you could ever want on watchpeopledie

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    [–] 19 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Horseshit. The head is far too easy of a shot. Like Mr. Mackey. This person wanted a challenge.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I do wonder if the neck shot was intentional or a miss. If the guy who did it is named mario I'm going to lose my shit.

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  • 200 yards doesn't sound like a lot thanks to movies and such. But it's not trivial. Some practice would have been required. And don't forget the target wasn't motionless. One could also assume the shooter probably was a bit nervous too. So I doubt they really picked the spot unless they were a trained sniper.

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    [–] 17 points 1 year ago

    I don't think they were aiming for the largest head on the planet. Graham Linehan was nowhere in the area.

    They missed the smallest face on the planet, but that's understandable.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Nah, i think it's the smalllest face on the planet, it gives the wrong impression

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    Amazing reporting.

    I would argue the shooter's aim time was too conservative. He took too long and fouled the shot.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    404: Page Not Found

    Sorry, we couldn't find a page at this URL

    I can't find this article on the site. It's possible they took it down.

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  • [–] 50 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    They did, they posted this before he was confirmed dead and updated it with "Antivaxxer finally takes a shot"

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    A "C" is still passing

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    [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's been removed! Or did it never exist and this is just a joke?

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