@corlin it's a nitpick, but--weapon was an ak-47 lookalike wasn't it? Isn't that assault-style?
@corlin @Render oh, interesting--thanks! I was curious yesterday why you'd put a scope on an AK-47 (which I believe is what I read in the early reports).
But it being at least in the neighborhood of a sniper rifle makes the scope more reasonable.
But regardless, it really does sound like trump was never actually in danger of being shot.
@corlin cf:
Suspect never had sight of Trump and did not fire shots at agent in apparent assassination attempt, says Secret Service chief
@BrentSullivan putative shooter never had line-of-sight on TFG.
Yes correct.
Rifle could, by a trained shooter hit a human sized target at 400 yards.
But he did NOT have line of sight.
Mr Trump would not have been in line of sight. Even if he continued to play.
@corlin @BrentSullivan @rpardee so how we understand this? Exploitation of a real incident? Something crafted for this timeline?
@LaurelGreen @corlin @rpardee
I could provide tons of conjecture, but no actual answers😆
@BrentSullivan @LaurelGreen @corlin heh--I'm interpreting it as yet another reason to advocate for common-sense gun control measures.
@rpardee
Nope.
He was not.