Ghost of Hope on Nostr: Sigh. Okay, I'm gonna ask, people here will be able to confirm. My partner is ex-Army ...
Sigh. Okay, I'm gonna ask, people here will be able to confirm.
My partner is ex-Army and served as part of the UN peacekeeping forces in Bosnia.
She says that a 130-yard shot from an AR-15 would have been very difficult even with top-level training. She says the AR-15 isn't a sniper weapon and it was impressive to even nick him.
I keep seeing people actually proposing that shooting Trump's ear was the plan. Are you serious? Half an inch off and he'd be dead. A slight step in the wrong direction in the non-zero time between the decision to pull the trigger and the impact, and he'd be dead. We're used to seeing superhero films on TV where a sniper 360-no-scopes someone from a mile away with a pistol. It's fantasy. Actual expert snipers in the military use specialised weapons and equipment, and they don't aim for ears.
If anybody else with reasonable expertise could confirm this I'd be grateful because I'm getting sick of the conspiracy theories on this.
#uspol
My partner is ex-Army and served as part of the UN peacekeeping forces in Bosnia.
She says that a 130-yard shot from an AR-15 would have been very difficult even with top-level training. She says the AR-15 isn't a sniper weapon and it was impressive to even nick him.
I keep seeing people actually proposing that shooting Trump's ear was the plan. Are you serious? Half an inch off and he'd be dead. A slight step in the wrong direction in the non-zero time between the decision to pull the trigger and the impact, and he'd be dead. We're used to seeing superhero films on TV where a sniper 360-no-scopes someone from a mile away with a pistol. It's fantasy. Actual expert snipers in the military use specialised weapons and equipment, and they don't aim for ears.
If anybody else with reasonable expertise could confirm this I'd be grateful because I'm getting sick of the conspiracy theories on this.
#uspol