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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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[-] mkwt@lemmy.world 60 points 1 day ago

What I heard is:

  • 200 yards
  • 1 round expended
  • 1 dead
  • no collateral damage

Sounds like a pretty competent assassination to me.

[-] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

200 yards is like newbie training though

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

Plugging somebody in a single shot like that is not easy to do.

[-] thisguyfucks@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

If you're aiming center mass with a rifle from a supported position, yeah it really is. Obviously you need to know how to shoot a little but one day of training most could hit a human-size target from 200m decently reliably.

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

It's not whether we could, it's would you? This man or woman stepped up and took out the trash. Hero in my book.

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