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Incompetent Assassin Misses Largest Head On Planet (thehardtimes.net)

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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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[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (3 children)

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

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Not to mention getting away with it so far

[–] thisguyfucks@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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 3 days 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.