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[–] [email protected] 42 points 4 months ago

Alec Baldwin strikes again

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Attempted headshot? Really? If you know you're not skilled enough for it, go for the gut.

This pretty much guarantees he's going to win now. Dems would have to run a (performative) progressive with a pulse at this point and they would never.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

sounds like a small caliber pistol too. i haven't been able to figure out how far he was from trump, but it was further than anyone who isn't decently trained could easily make under pressure.

edit: pics and some reporting was that he was on a raised container of some sort, about 100meters away, and other videos have the sound much clearer. definitely an AR or something

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

The angle of the grazes on his face made me think it came from below, not super close because they're not crazy steep, but not far enough away to make them horizontal, because they go from mouth to top of ear. Idk how someone could shoot that many times from the front-of-stage area without getting tackled, though.

Edit: totally wrong – they were on a roof nearby

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

I think trumps injuries were from his teleprompter shattering

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Not so much about skill but shooting out of a small gun in a crowd, you obviously should go center mass. Although since it was certainly a very low caliber gun it was unlikely to work immediately either way.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Moist boys going to win. This was his blood soaked flag, things will get real ugly now.

Fucking inches away, wtf.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago

couple inches the other way it misses completely.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Well there has never been a more perfect moment for this Bill Hicks clip

sicko-wistful

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago

[chuckles] I'm in danger of fascism like big time!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago

he needs to be lucky every time

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago

the-doohickey wouldn't have grazed his ear I'll tell ya what.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago

oh well, guess we'll die

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago

How fucking stupid. There's no calculus where that ends well. If they got him, it would hand the election to whatever republican they swap in and their platform is the exact same. By missing they turn a bad candidate into a martyr and increase his chances no matter who the democrats go with. Biden is sure to crack down on the left regardless of who did it and it will absolutely be a Reichstag fire if Trump wins. I am so curious about who the shooter is because they're one of the biggest dumbasses to ever live.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

God even our assassins these days aren't made like they used to. This country can't do anything right

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I tell you, anything you fire this guy's way goes in one ear and out the other