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My favorite conspiracy theory is that Trump was never the assassin's intended target. It was Mr. Comperatore that Corey was after, for some personal grudge, and Trump just happened to get in the way.
They were both from PA. Crooks could easily have known Mr. Comperatore.
In all seriousness, though, all respect to Mr. Comperatore and sympathy for his grieving family. And I don't actually believe this was anything other than what it appears: right-wing violence turned against itself, and both an incompetent shooter, and incompetent Secret Service security. Trump got lucky on both counts: he survived an attack, and has a perfect campaign photo.
I'm not sure Mr. comperatore is worthy of your respect, judging by his social media history.
He gets some positive credit for being a retired fireman, and in any case, having contemptible opinions is not justification for a death sentance.
The guy was a bystander, and an unlucky one. I'm sure he has people who loved and will miss him. It'd have been better if the shooter hadn't missed... several times.
Unless I'm actually accidentally right and Trump wasn't the target, which would be still sad but a little funny, too. Really, it's depressing that Crooks was that terrible a shot.
Oh I'm not saying he deserved this. I'm more commenting that I might stop short of respect.
Fair point. I could have chosen a better adjective.
Really? You could do better?
You're on a roof stressed the fuck out, you hear something behind you and realize it's a cop and you've been spotted, you point your gun and the cop falls off the roof. You spin and fire as fast as possible so as to still have the chance of doing what you came for. But alas, stress, adrenaline, and lack of skill has foiled your plans.
No I'm not defending the guys choice, or saying I could do any better in his position.
Probably. I wasn't a sniper, but I consistently qualified Expert in the Army. The shooter was at 200m; Army qualifications include hitting targets out to 300m, with limited time. So, yeah, I think I'd have done better.
I certainly would have chosen a different rifle than an AR15 for sniper work. I'd have picked .308 or .30-06 - both of which are extremely common hunting rifles - decent sights, and a good zero. And take the body shot: the guy's twice as big as one of the Army pop-up qualification targets, a head shot is way harder.