(07-14-2024, 03:45 AM)SomeJackleg Wrote:(07-14-2024, 02:21 AM)Ninurta Wrote:(07-14-2024, 01:28 AM)SomeJackleg Wrote: abc news is saying that reports have come in saying it was a M4 style rifle, 8 shots fired from 200 to 300 yards from a elevated position, M4 Style could be any caliber.
regardless, seeing how they already labeled it, i expect new gun ban rhetoric is fixing to start and seeing how trump just won the election, i wouldn't doubt he jumps on it to.
I expect they'll give it a go at another ban attempt, too. Whether Trump jumps on that bandwagon is anyone's guess, but I believe it would be a mistake to jeopardize his sure bet at re-election by dog-piling on to that Leftist anti-gun rhetoric.
They won't get it done, of course, because if they did, as high as emotions and the Left-Right schism are at the moment, there would probably be a lot more holes starting to appear in politicians if they looked likely to shred the Constitution like that.
Odd. 8 shots fired, and from what I'm hearing they came from beyond the top right corner of the bandstand behind Trump... both casualties mentioned so far were also in that area. So where are the casualties from the crowd IN FRONT of Trump, where the bullets should have landed?
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Quote:I expect they'll give it a go at another ban attempt, too. Whether Trump jumps on that bandwagon is anyone's guess, but I believe it would be a mistake to jeopardize his sure bet at re-election by dog-piling on to that Leftist anti-gun rhetoric.
you never know, he banned bump stocks which to me are about useless and really severe no purpose or than being a toy, going against the NRA. but still he could use the this to pull even more support from this than he just got from the left. whether or not he would follow through with it is the question
Quote:They won't get it done, of course, because if they did, as high as emotions and the Left-Right schism are at the moment, there would probably be a lot more holes starting to appear in politicians if they looked likely to shred the Constitution like that.
to be honest i'm surprised we haven't seen that already, country is crazy now and i do't think it can go on much longer.
Quote:Odd. 8 shots fired, and from what I'm hearing they came from beyond the top right corner of the bandstand behind Trump... both casualties mentioned so far were also in that area. So where are the casualties from the crowd IN FRONT of Trump, where the bullets should have landed?
i'll have to find some of the images i saw. one is a birds eye view of the distance from the stands to the roof, image say 150 yards, reports on the news say 150 and one 130 yards. and the build is slightly forward from the poduim right hand side i take it the people looking right are looking at the Secret Service anipers when they fired because you can see them behind the satnd in some of the images.
one image i saw are the is of the ER doctor with blood all over him that tried to save the rally goer and him lying on the steps and anther guy talking or looking at him. and it appeared to be to the right side of trump was.
'll go back and see if i can find those. but in the mean time here is a video that shows the shooter blurred out and some sort of AR platform lying on the roof.
(07-14-2024, 02:56 AM)Schmoe Wrote: I haven't read this thread yet, but how could a shooter get onto that roof undetected? It's the MOST obvious spot for somebody to try something.
If you look at the rally point on satellite view, there's nothing but residential neighborhood behind where Trump was standing. I can't believe the Secret Service could drop the ball that badly.
he wasn't there is a video of a guy telling a BBC reporter that he and some friends were telling the cops and Secret they saw the guy walking up carrying a rifle and crawling on the roof. he doesn't think the SS guys could see him at first because of the slope of the roof and their angle to it.
i'll try to find that one to.
here is a video of the ER doctor,
Guy telling BBC reporter about shooter,
Witness says he saw gunman on roof near Trump rally
still looking for the others, will post them when i find them again.
two for the distance from roof to podium
not sure if this is one of the two injured or the one that died but you can see the ER doctor at the bottom
What the fuck. I believe this guy 100%. He told the SS there was a guy bear crawling with a rifle on a roof, for MINUTES. And they did nothing. Did you see the other video of the counter-sniper as the shots first went off? Here it is:
https://x.com/itsimadkhan/status/1812299120758985180
I wonder if the shooter popped a round at the sniper to throw him off, before shooting at Trump. Still begs the question, how could they not have had another team on that roof where the shooter was?