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The attempted assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is drawing condemnation across the board for the shooter's inability to hit a giant target.

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[-] philosloppy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

the fencing response is the result of brain stem trauma, not pain.

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

That's what I'm getting at - the bullet hole causes a lot of pain, and he didn't react to that in a normal way. The way is arms lifted slightly and just kinda stopped screamed neurologic damage. Even if they had stopped the bleeding a millisecond after he was hit, he'd have still been fucked.

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