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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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[-] tio_bira@lemmy.world 14 points 21 hours ago

Nah, i think it's the smalllest face on the planet, it gives the wrong impression

[-] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 4 points 17 hours ago

He couldn't aim for the face. The face was too small! So he aimed for something else.

[-] ArkanianOffshoot@feddit.org 9 points 22 hours ago
[-] BreadOven@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

Doing the work that needs to be done. Thanks.

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

404: Page Not Found

Sorry, we couldn't find a page at this URL

I can't find this article on the site. It's possible they took it down.

[-] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 49 points 23 hours ago

They did, they posted this before he was confirmed dead and updated it with "Antivaxxer finally takes a shot"

[-] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 4 points 17 hours ago

That looks deleted now too.

[-] cheers_queers@lemmy.zip 12 points 23 hours ago
[-] TxzK@lemmy.zip 72 points 1 day ago
[-] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 day ago

I keep trying to find the spot where it doesn’t look fake and I can’t!

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago

He looks kinda normal at 120%.

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[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago

Horseshit. The head is far too easy of a shot. Like Mr. Mackey. This person wanted a challenge.

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

I do wonder if the neck shot was intentional or a miss. If the guy who did it is named mario I'm going to lose my shit.

[-] Modern_medicine_isnt@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago

200 yards doesn't sound like a lot thanks to movies and such. But it's not trivial. Some practice would have been required. And don't forget the target wasn't motionless. One could also assume the shooter probably was a bit nervous too. So I doubt they really picked the spot unless they were a trained sniper.

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

First name, Mario, last name, Brothers.

[-] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Luigi Mario Brothers.

[-] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 1 points 17 hours ago

Not just his name, but he also needs to be a little chubby at least for the Mario to work.

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Omfg that would just be legendary.

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[-] Slab_Bulkhead@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago
[-] Wilco@lemmy.zip 14 points 1 day ago

Amazing reporting.

I would argue the shooter's aim time was too conservative. He took too long and fouled the shot.

[-] bizarroland@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

The last I heard he actually died, though.

[-] 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.

[-] ScreamingFirehawk@feddit.uk 18 points 1 day ago

Nice work 47

[-] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Gotta get maga back on his side and forget about Epstein somehow.

[-] frog_brawler@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago
[-] qarbone@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

It's definitely what he would've wanted. Trust me, bro. Release the unaltered Epstein files for ol' bobbledead Chuckie Kirk.

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[-] FaceDeer@fedia.io 39 points 1 day ago

Yeah. I actually watched the video of him being shot and the statements about him being in "critical condition" were clearly just "we don't want to admit he's dead yet." Not a video for the faint of heart. The shot blew open his neck arteries, I've never seen a fountain of chunky salsa like that in a real-life video before. And he instantly went into the "fencing response" pose, which is also a terrible sign in its own right even without the blood fountain. There were medical professionals commenting over on Reddit that if he'd been shot like that while he was lying on an operating table with a team of surgeons standing around him ready to get to work he still wouldn't have made it.

[-] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

And he instantly went into the “fencing response” pose

That was what stood out to me the most. Just blood? Someone could poke a finger into that and mitigate the lethality by a ton. But the involuntary response to sudden pain is put your hands on it and guard it... Kirk's hands raised a bit, then kinda just flopped, which has me wondering if that bullet went in through the carotid and then blew his fucking spinal cord in half. Total loss of motor control.

...pretty sure that also means he shat and pissed himself on the way down.

This is the correct way to address Nazis.

[-] krunklom@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

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[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Watched it? Shit I fuckin downloaded it.

Edit: agreed with those medical professionals. He would've been dead in less than 2-3 minutes even with the best surgical team in the country. That shit was like Tarantino levels of blood.

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[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago
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[-] Flyberius@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

It's been removed! Or did it never exist and this is just a joke?

[-] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day ago

I don't think they were aiming for the largest head on the planet. Graham Linehan was nowhere in the area.

They missed the smallest face on the planet, but that's understandable.

[-] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

A "C" is still passing

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