Five@slrpnk.net to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 11 months agoTrump rally shooting is being investigated as an assassination attempt, officials sayapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down10
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-linkTrump rally shooting is being investigated as an assassination attempt, officials sayapnews.comFive@slrpnk.net to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareImplyingImplications@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up13·11 months agoThe assassin hit their mark, but nobody will suspect it because they were standing behind Trump.
minus-squareSean@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoDefinitely not a major plot point of the movie Shooter starring Mark Wahlberg.
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoWhy wouldn’t they just tie explosives to their car or bed like a normal assassin? It seems strange to do it at such an event with so many bystanders and security present
minus-squareFIash Mob #5678@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-211 months ago Why wouldn’t they just tie explosives to their car or bed like a normal assassin? Those things are dangerous to acquire and produce by oneself. Guns are convenient and safe. As for strange, not really. Many assassinations have occurred this way. The key is the intended victim is out in the open.
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoRecent news reports are saying the shooter also had some explosives in his car and at his home https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/latest-on-assassination-attempt-trump-in-great-spirits-motive-not-yet-determined-1.6963353
I mean, duh?
The assassin hit their mark, but nobody will suspect it because they were standing behind Trump.
Definitely not a major plot point of the movie Shooter starring Mark Wahlberg.
Why wouldn’t they just tie explosives to their car or bed like a normal assassin? It seems strange to do it at such an event with so many bystanders and security present
Those things are dangerous to acquire and produce by oneself. Guns are convenient and safe.
As for strange, not really. Many assassinations have occurred this way. The key is the intended victim is out in the open.
Recent news reports are saying the shooter also had some explosives in his car and at his home
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/latest-on-assassination-attempt-trump-in-great-spirits-motive-not-yet-determined-1.6963353