Trump Assassination Attempt

[lpm]

We're on the wrong thread, maybe a mod could shift to the assassination thread if they can be arsed.

I hadn't realised that quite a few crowd members were slightly injured by debris. Although some were a long way from Trump where bullets ended up. There seems to have been little reporting of these injuries.

I'm amazed Trump didn't turn the murder victim into a martyr. Could have laid flowers, lit candles, pretended to pray. And why wasn't he at the hospital bedside of the two seriously injured?

Could it be Trump has lost his sense of the theatrical? He's a TV celeb who loves ratings and crowd size. Surely the old Trump would have been exploiting it, rather than hiding away?

[Woodchopper]

We're on the wrong thread, maybe a mod could shift to the assassination thread if they can be arsed.

I’ve moved some posts over here.

[Woodchopper]

The NYT have reconstructed the shooting and concluded that:

a detailed analysis of bullet trajectories, footage, photos and audio by The New York Times strongly suggests Mr. Trump was grazed by the first of eight bullets fired by the gunman, Thomas Crooks.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/26/us/p ... ticleShare

[Stranger Mouse]

I agree with David Simon

https://x.com/aodespair/status/1816943473536176337?s=61

It matters not at all whether the assassination attempt resulted in a bullet or some shard of glass launched by a bullet grazing Trump's ear. Either way, he was vulnerable to the gunman. But an investigating agency of any mass shooting is doing its job by trying to track the known projectiles and their damage and assembling an accurate narrative of the event -- if for no other reason than to confirm that a single suspect is involved. Here's who can tell agents what struck the former president: Not Trump. Not bystanders. Not Ronny f.cking Jackson or even any ER physician or technician trained in caregiving but not studied in either ballistics or forensics. A pathologist trained in wound patterns and a ballistics expert examining trajectories and evidence from the scene -- these are the go-tos here. They are the professionals that law enforcement relies upon to sort this stuff. They can be allowed access to do the job they would ordinarily do and the FBI could then issue a proper and full report on the incident, or instead, every partisan a..hole on every side of this election can argue ignorantly about what they wish to have occurred. I think we all know that at this point, we are a nation uninterested in the former and only capable of the latter. So continue hollering at each other like the ass-ignorant morons you all are.

[Stranger Mouse]

FBI confirms bullet whether whole or fragmented

https://apnews.com/article/trump-bullet ... 82e75101cf

[lpm]

Part 2.

Yet another nutter is my guess.

[lpm]

Voted Trump 2016.

Became very anti Trump later.

Fantastist about going off to fight in Ukraine.

Covid conspiracies.

A lot of misdemeanors for driving offences and a concealed weapon charge.

[TopBadger]

This came up on my flipboard:

https://whowhatwhy.org/politics/guns-in ... all-of-us/

I think they may have a point.

[noggins]

Oh well, third time's a charm

[Tessa K]

Oh well, third time's a charm

I resisted saying that but as you did ...

[bob sterman]

Is it odd that assassins and would-be assassins often tend to be known by 3 names??

John Wilkes Booth
Lee Harvey Oswald
James Earl Ray
Thomas Matthew Crooks
Ryan Wesley Routh

Just sayin...

[Brightonian]

Is it odd that assassins and would-be assassins often tend to be known by 3 names??

John Wilkes Booth
Lee Harvey Oswald
James Earl Ray
Thomas Matthew Crooks
Ryan Wesley Routh

Just sayin...

I wonder how many people Picasso bumped off.

[monkey]

Is it odd that assassins and would-be assassins often tend to be known by 3 names??

John Wilkes Booth
Lee Harvey Oswald
James Earl Ray
Thomas Matthew Crooks
Ryan Wesley Routh

Just sayin...

There's a (supposed) reason for that. The media uses their middle names so's people with the same name don't get mixed up.

Not sure how true that is, but it's something I've heard before.

[dyqik]

Voted Trump 2016.

Became very anti Trump later.

Fantastist about going off to fight in Ukraine.

Covid conspiracies.

A lot of misdemeanors for driving offences and a concealed weapon charge.

Was arrested after barricading himself somewhere with a machine gun, then was allowed to buy an AR-15.

[IvanV]

Voted Trump 2016.

Became very anti Trump later.

Fantastist about going off to fight in Ukraine.

Covid conspiracies.

A lot of misdemeanors for driving offences and a concealed weapon charge.

Was arrested after barricading himself somewhere with a machine gun, then was allowed to buy possess an AR-15.

FTFY.

Let us not fall into the gun lobby's clever, naughty, trap and use their words to spread it to others. Say something often enough, and people might believe it, and indeed spread it by repeating it.

By talking so much about firearms controls at point of purchase, even if to oppose them, the lobby tries - and in the US has largely succeeded - in setting the discussion about firearms control in terms of firearms purchase. But it is firearms possession that must be controlled, as it is in countries with more effective firearms control such as Britain. In Britain, you require a gun licence to possess a gun, not specifically to purchase it.

[Al Capone Junior]

Not one but TWO ppl have gotten off multiple shots with assault rifles at trump in the last two months...

...but nobody managed a solid hit on the mother f.cker.

f.cking GUN NUTS THAT CANT EVEN SHOOT ARE WORTH LESS THAN NOTHINB!!!

No humans should ever be allowed to have ANY GUNS EVER!!!

I've said that before and I'll say it again

No humans should ever be allowed to have ANY GUNS EVER!!!

You can't even imagine how much trouble this opinion causes me in TEXAS.

Riding in the back of a six person car, quietly say this to woman next to me...

...woman driving overheard me, instantly begins reaming me a new a..hole BIG TIME.

Turns out she owns a karate / gun school.

f.ck me!

Similar things everywhere. Yet I stand by my words.

Not very practical in the immediate for Texas. But we'd still all be better off.

I just don't think owning a weapon that can eas8ly kill another person from distance is a fundamental human right. Because it's just not, period.

[nekomatic]

a karate / gun school

Why am I thinking of this?

[Al Capone Junior]

Oh well, third time's a charm

I resisted saying that but as you did ...

I have no trouble with that sentiment.

Jesus he survived covid and now two assault rifles weirded by incompetent morons. How about a meteor exploding over Mara Lago? Please?

He's the most dangerous Hitler wanna be on the planet. It's OK to w8sh he wasn't, and that the whole Maga thing would just die

[dyqik]

Voted Trump 2016.

Became very anti Trump later.

Fantastist about going off to fight in Ukraine.

Covid conspiracies.

A lot of misdemeanors for driving offences and a concealed weapon charge.

Was arrested after barricading himself somewhere with a machine gun, then was allowed to buy possess an AR-15.

FTFY.

Let us not fall into the gun lobby's clever, naughty, trap and use their words to spread it to others. Say something often enough, and people might believe it, and indeed spread it by repeating it.

By talking so much about firearms controls at point of purchase, even if to oppose them, the lobby tries - and in the US has largely succeeded - in setting the discussion about firearms control in terms of firearms purchase. But it is firearms possession that must be controlled, as it is in countries with more effective firearms control such as Britain. In Britain, you require a gun licence to possess a gun, not specifically to purchase it.

Well, yes, but point of purchase from a registered gun dealer is the easiest to regulate.

[Rich Scopie]

a karate / gun school

Why am I thinking of this?

You too eh?

[lpm]

Trump Assassination 3: The Sovereign Citizen

2nd Amendment fanatic, Covid conspiracist, anti deep state.

What a country.

[lpm]

Photographed with Stone, Miller, Bannon.

Ran a campaign to change family law, which I assume means his ex wife has a restraining order, the kids don't want to see him and he refuses to pay child support.

But released on bail. It is all very odd.

[Woodchopper]

I’m not convinced that Vem Miller was planning to assassinate Trump.

He was arrested for having guns in his car as he drove to the rally. He also is a sovereign citizen conspiracy theorist who has multiple fake IDs.

But so what, gun loving conspiracy theorist is a key Trump demographic. Every year thousands of Americans have their guns confiscated at airports. The vast majority are not intending to use them and simply forgot they were carrying or were unaware that they can’t take guns with them of the procedure they need to follow in order to take a gun on a plane.

Sandra Bullock makes my point for me: https://youtu.be/_ZROC380sgY

TSA source: https://www.tsa.gov/news/press/releases ... nationwide

[Chris Preston]

Trump Assassination 3: The Sovereign Citizen

2nd Amendment fanatic, Covid conspiracist, anti deep state.

What a country.

One of the right wing columnists in our local paper this morning had a screed about how these assassination attempts on Trump were being driven by the far left who think violence is OK. The article was about as idiotic as it gets, trying to portray Miller as being influenced by the far left Democrat's portrayal of Trump as a threat to democracy.

Now that Miller has been exposed as just another Trump-loving, lunatic, conspiracy theorist, there will be no apology from any of these journalists, no introspection, no nothing. Inconvenient facts will simply be ignored. Already there is a narrative starting that Miller was just a good guy with a gun.

[El Pollo Diablo]

Are we sure that all these attempts aren't coming from JD Vance?