Stop posting nonsense.
1. It was by NO MEANS an assassination attempt.
2. Suspect did not have line of sight of Mr. Trump.
3. Over 400 yards away.
4. Weapon was NOT an “assault” style rifle.
5. The suspect fired no rounds.
@corlin it's a nitpick, but--weapon was an ak-47 lookalike wasn't it? Isn't that assault-style?
I will quote
@Render
The rifle is not an AK series rifle.
It's either a converted SKS or possibly a variant of the SKS Dragnov sniper rifle. Neither of those are related to the AK series rifles beyond all being Russian designs.
Neither the SKS nor the SVD are "assault rifles" no matter how the term is bastardized or interpreted.
Still two hours ahead of mainstream media.
@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.
Nope.
He was not.
@rpardee @corlin
Ah, you DO have to be able to see something in order to shoot it😉