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[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 102 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah what the fuck. Just like Luigi's alleged engravings. It doesnt make any sense beyond an emotional response. Why take the time to engrave something no one will see? Its going faster than the speed of sound.

[-] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 51 points 2 weeks ago

Typically you would engrave the casing. That goes nowhere near the target.

So yeah.

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Then to the same degree, why engrave the evidence to make it easier to track? It still doesnt make sense.

[-] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not saying this is the case, but it is very possible that if this person purchased the rifle legally, they believe that the purchase will be traceable back to them and that they will almost certainly be caught. So they could have acted with the mindset that they would be throwing away their own life.

[-] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

easier to track

Sounds like a feature, not a bug. What better way to stage a false flag operation?

[-] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago

So this line of reasoning is a trap. People do dumb ass shit all the time for emotional reasons, including criminals. In fact, people doing dumb ass shit is so reliable that police investigative procedures are almost designed around it.

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[-] fartographer@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

Kurt Cobain wants to know how to add a community comment

[-] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 10 points 2 weeks ago

Satanic Panic is back

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 85 points 2 weeks ago

Breaking News: the entire text of The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood was found to be engraved on bullet casings left at the scene, according to a source. So we should ban that book from all schools, fr fr.

[-] limer@lemmy.ml 82 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

In related news, doctors were amazed they kept pulling books and scrolls from the body, placed there by the bullets.

“It’s amazing” said the orange as quoted by the wsj, “apparently books like this can kill. I’m sure he could have survived the wound without the additional poisoning.”

In response to this, reaction forces were posed to raid the libraries of all elementary schools within the washington dc area

[-] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 67 points 2 weeks ago

Not seeing other outlets report this. So yeah I'm skeptical.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

The trashier ones reported on it, but then they're not on the front page anymore.

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[-] DrFistington@lemmy.world 65 points 2 weeks ago

Total BS. Engraving on a small, curved surface, legibly is hard as hell. Then that bullet is going to get grooved in a rifled barrel, and most likely deform or fragment on impact.

We should probably be talking about how Trump used a fucking AI video to address Charlie Kirk's death. There's a good chance Trump is doing this as a false flag

[-] wirebeads@lemmy.ca 32 points 2 weeks ago

False flag is exactly what this is.

I’d be shocked if this wasn’t a decision directly from Trump and his magat minions they follow him around to distract from Epstein and further slide America in the hell hole of fascism that it’s facing.

Hurry up Americans. You won’t have an America soon at this rate.

Line item number 2.

[-] alcibiades@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

No way in fuck they purposely had Kirk assassinated.

  1. His job as a propagandist / hate spreader is way too important and influential to stop
  2. they could’ve martyred a similarly famous, but less influential, republican and gotten the same response
  3. they’re going to go forward with their plan- they don’t need an excuse
  4. this happened in a red state, why wouldn’t they pick a blue state?
  5. I really don’t think Epstein files matter that much for republicans. A video could come out of Trump raping a child and it would be chalked up to ai and they wouldn’t believe it
  6. the news cycle is so short- this won’t remain a hot topic for a long amount of time

It’s a convenient distraction, sure, but it’s been proven time and time again that they don’t need distractions to carry out policy. If there’s any conspiracy to be had, it would be surrounding the (relatively) unanimous rhetoric that his death was a tragedy. When kids die in Gaza everyday, a regular citizen is shot, or someone kills themselves because of financial strain we don’t debate the morals of their unjust death. However when a famous white man is killed he isn’t just a statistic but an example of how awful people can be.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I doubt it too, but you are exaggerating this man's importance and influence to an absurd degree. He'll be replaced by another grifter in weeks.

[-] alcibiades@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I think Kirk was a major reason for an uptick in republican youth voters because he was so famous on social media. I’ve noticed young men my age, who vote democrat, like a reel featuring Charlie Kirk because he “owned a silly lib” in an amusing way. His job was touring college campuses- upon invitation from college students- to spread hate and try to convince young people that their politics and identity were wrong.

I would compare him to Andrew Tate because they spread a relatively similar sermon of hate and individualism, but Tate isn’t a political activist. He doesn’t bring people to the polls like a Charlie Kirk can. Another comparison would be Trump, but Trump can never relate to the youth because he’s still just an old man.

I agree he’ll get replaced and this won’t really slow down the machine, but the man had quite the impact on young people.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, agree. They could have offed Laura Loomer for a tenth of the price and worked just as much viral juice out of it.

Besides, i really don’t care, do u?

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[-] CidVicious@sh.itjust.works 28 points 2 weeks ago

They're almost certainly saying bullet but meaning casing. But yes I have to say that it's pretty unlikely.

[-] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 9 points 2 weeks ago

Sounds like they're saying the un-shot ammunition found with the rifle had the engravings. If I'm mistaken on that, could you please link to where they're saying bullet specifically?

Still, as someone who's tried to paint tea cups, have to agree, curved surfaces are a bitch to mark legibly (probably harder on the smaller surface of a bullet casing).

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

No good marksman is carving anything on a bullet or casing. You want it to work. Carving the bullet means changing the ballistics, carving the casing means potentially making the round not chamber or having a misfire from a busted casing.

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[-] deacon@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Be careful about spreading the AI story. I view it as debunked unless you’ve got something better than this exchange:

https://lemmy.world/comment/19332953

[-] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 62 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Naich@lemmings.world 35 points 2 weeks ago

My shocked Pikachu face is shocked at this shocking shock.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Wall Street Murdoch not wrong! Clicks go up!

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[-] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 41 points 2 weeks ago

transgender and antifascist ideology

transgender ... ideology

[Squidward voice, but angrier] NO, PATRICK, TRANSGENDER IS NOT AN IDEOLOGY... PREGNANT IS NOT AN IDEOLOGY EITHER.

[-] lmdnw@lemmy.world 41 points 2 weeks ago

I hope a trans person did shoot him and I hope they get away with it. Kirk made his living by terrorizing and dehumanizing queer folks and I’m happy he finally got to the FO stage. Hopefully seeing daddy get blown away will ensure his kid doesn’t grow up to be as bigoted and the lesson is learned.

[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 weeks ago

I don't. I hope it was a MAGA nutjob or similar so the administration doesn't get a good boogeyman

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[-] mcbenavides85@piefed.social 30 points 2 weeks ago

Also fishy that Trump announced his death and made an AI video of himself. How long does it take to create an AI video like that?

[-] Blueberrydreamer@lemmynsfw.com 28 points 2 weeks ago

It's just interpolation, so probably all of 5 minutes. There's enough misinformation going around, let's not keep spreading the AI video nonsense.

[-] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago

Did you not watch it? It's definitely AI.

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[-] BakedCatboy@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Wait when did they find the weapon?? Last I heard they didn't have the weapon and the 2 people they arrested were the wrong guy. So it sounds like the shooter didn't leave the gun behind, so I would expect them to only get the weapon if they got the shooter unless I missed something between yesterday and today.

Edit: Found the update that I missed from the FBI this morning, they apparently found the weapon in a "wooded area", so shooter still unknown

[-] officermike@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago

Recent reports indicate a bolt action rifle was found wrapped in a towel in the woods, one empty casing in the chamber, three more live rounds in the mag.

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[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 26 points 2 weeks ago

Ideology: fascism is bad, transgender people should have equal rights.

Not ideology: let's kill everybody that doesn't conform to our narrow minded idea of society.

[-] BananaOnionJuice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 2 weeks ago

Transgender ideology? Did they write UWU on the bullet?

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[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 weeks ago

Trans-antifascists is something I can support

When did noting fascism is bad become an ideology?

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[-] athairmor@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

“antifacsist ideology”?

So, what…an American Flag? Right? Right…?

[-] PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, what is antifascist ideology? Like, equal rights, being nice,... That kind of stuff?

And transgender ideology? What is that? To be nice to transgender people?

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[-] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Probably didn't even find the rifle responsible. More reason to believe it was a setup.

[-] ganksy@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Well there you go. Got the idiot's hate pointed in the right direction and don't have to give up the shooter. Oh and Trump was an Epstein informant.

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