{"id":158912,"date":"2024-07-14T16:39:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T20:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=158912"},"modified":"2024-07-14T16:39:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T20:39:44","slug":"random-thoughts-on-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=158912","title":{"rendered":"Random thoughts on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-158876 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_3331-1720911560.1726-300x192.jpeg\" alt=\"IMG_3331\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_3331-1720911560.1726-300x192.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_3331-1720911560.1726-500x321.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_3331-1720911560.1726-768x493.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_3331-1720911560.1726.jpeg 1029w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well, it seems the shooter has been identified,\u00a0 through DNA they say. I heard he was carrying no ID &#8211; does anyone else wonder, in a world of computerized fingerprints, did the Secret Service really destroy his melon and hands that thoroughly? And how was his DNA even IN the system to be found?<\/p>\n<p>Most reports are saying his father legally bought the gun in 2013. Given that most dads, when asked if &#8220;hey, can I take the family AR out to shoot Trump?&#8221; would refuse, seems to imply he stole his daddy&#8217;s rifle. Sure puts the lie to waiting periods and background checks, unless some over-pumped BATFE apparatchik decides he wants to charge the father as a straw buyer. Much is being made of the rifle being a dreaded AR-15&#8230;.wonder if someone will note that a cheap AR is almost the cheapest centerfire rifle you can buy. I routinely get ads to buy at less than $400 a pop.<\/p>\n<p>I think all can agree this is a textbook case of poor shooting. Now, I am guessing &#8211; many fine ARs can shoot well under minute of arc (moa &#8211; for you non-gun types, that is roughly an inch at a hundred yards) but as with all guns, the person pulling the trigger is a major part of the equation, and this clown sprayed out multiple rounds (7? 8?) in what is reported as less than two seconds. Not conducive to accuracy.\u00a0 Even a very average AR should easily hold 3 moa at 100 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Then we get to more evidence,\u00a0 poor target selection. A head on a speaking person is a surprisingly hard target to hit at almost any range &#8211; people duck, bob, turn &#8211; there is a reason why you&#8217;re told &#8216;center-of-mass&#8217;. Unless this guy thought he was outsmarting a bulletproof vest by shooting for the head, he chose poorly.<\/p>\n<p>Actually tagging Trump, even in the ear&#8230;well, it&#8217;s a random spot but does reinforce that this was probably NOT a professional false flag operation. Trump didn&#8217;t pause before he was shot &#8211; I doubt any professional, even one capable of 1\/4 moa groups (yes, there are many folks who routinely do that, even at ranges of a mile or so away) but I strongly doubt someone like that would agree to hire on to make an ear shot at 134 yards (I read 400 feet) on a moving head with any degree of certainty. Good puff of cross-wind, any variation in breathing or pull, and we would be referring to Mr. Trump in the past tense. Not many would try to guarantee THAT shot.<\/p>\n<p>Bystanders supposedly say they warned police that the shooter was up on the roof and the cops\/protective folks seemed confused about what to do about it. Sounds like very, very, very poor security pre-coordination. Every security person working that event should have known exactly where every good-guy shooter was supposed to be so they could know if someone else was a bad-guy shooter.<\/p>\n<p>Minor point &#8211; they claim he is a registered Republican &#8211; at 20? Highly unusual. May turn out like the donation to the Dems which supposedly has been substantiated as having been made by a different man with the same name.<\/p>\n<p>The real question may be what USSS\u00a0 is going to have to say about supposedly clearing that rooftop, as they claim, and the guy getting up to within essentially point blank range. Some have commented that their current leader has said DEI is most important &#8211; IF that is true, a few years chasing rubber dogshit counterfeits at Point Barrow may be in order.<\/p>\n<p>I may be in the minority here &#8211; just like my belief on Dallas &#8217;63, this seems to me to be one lone not very good shooter. And a MASSIVE\u00a0 Secret Service fail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, it seems the shooter has been identified,\u00a0 through DNA they say. 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