In your option on a scale of 1 to 10 - how badly did the Secret Service screw up?
I’m not a gun guy and I’ve been lazy (I only read the very short article) but to me it seems like a 10/10 “What the fuck were they thinking?” screw up.
Sniper shot at former President Donald Trump from 130 yards away on roof of manufacturing plant
130 yards? That’s it? From a prone position on a rooftop in perfect weather. What was the shooter crosseyed? God damn.
The SS certainly fucked up though. They have unlimited resources and couldn’t even bother to have a guy sit up there any twiddle his thumbs. The roof of a building with a perfect vantage from which to fuck up perhaps the world’s easiest shot apparently.
What was the shooter crosseyed?
USA TODAY NETWORK…
The assailant reportedly used an AR-15.
How accurate is an AR-15 at that distance?
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Edit
My wild hunch is that it actually wasn’t an AR-15. In the rush to get a scoop - information was garbled and then it was media copypasta city.
Information wasn’t garbled, it’s the media war on guns, with the AR pattern rifle being used as a scape goat.
“See, see, even your precious Trump was assasinated with your beloved AR15!” Media asshats would love to print that.
Nevermind they have no idea what an AR15 is, nor semi-auto, auto, machine gun, etc.
And yet here we have a crazy, non-conservative attempting to assassinate a president.
You’d think the protocol would be to have spotters looking for such things, with just a couple strategically placed riflemen ready to take out someone like that, once spotted.
That would be my approach, after Kennedy.
Yes, they first protect the target, but why not both? A professional marksman wouldn’t likely miss someone like this amateur.