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Or is there a different explanation?

There were other sharpshooter there or should have been.

1 posted on 07/14/2024 10:36:19 AM PDT by heartwood
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To: heartwood
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2 posted on 07/14/2024 10:38:43 AM PDT by heartwood (Someone has to play devil's advocate.)
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To: heartwood

Let’s wait for an official analysis rather than speculating


3 posted on 07/14/2024 10:40:30 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: heartwood

I heard one or two and then a cluster. All sounded like from the same gun. Then a much softer single shot. Likely suppressed. Alex jones showed and close up shot of the shooter dead. Was a high definition up close picture I have not seen. Was one head shot kill. Looks like shooter had turned after the burst and hit side or back of head.


5 posted on 07/14/2024 10:43:10 AM PDT by glimmerman70
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To: heartwood

I heard a three very distinct shots in the first volley that were spaced apart. There was a short span of time and then about five quick shots together. Then some more time and a singular shot. The last, singular shot I assume is from the Secret Service, was about 16 seconds after the first one by the assassin.


7 posted on 07/14/2024 10:45:08 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide
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To: heartwood

There was someone on X earlier who said that SS uses circles of engagement and that those snipers were scanning for threats well beyond the 300m mark. The sniper heard the first shots, made visual acquisition, adjusted his rifle down, and took the shot.

There’s also video out there of people screaming from the ground that they saw the shooter at distance just seconds before the first shots rang out. The fact that law enforcement didn’t react when a din rose from the crowd about a possible shooter leaves me completely confounded. That’s tantamount to yelling fire in a crowded theater, esp. in a location where president, past or present, is nearby.


8 posted on 07/14/2024 10:46:38 AM PDT by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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To: heartwood

The shooter was NOT moving and police had a rifle accurate to 1000 yds.
The answer is obvious.


12 posted on 07/14/2024 10:51:31 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: heartwood

Replied to you in another thread with this:
I hear the initial shots, the first of which seems to strike Trump. Then a volley of shots, presumably return fire. The video of the agent on the roof shoes that he balked during the first three shots. I don’t believe he actually fired. He balked.
Then, it seems there is a final, single shot, 8 or 9 seconds after the volley of multiple shots.


18 posted on 07/14/2024 11:05:01 AM PDT by ggrrrrr23456
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To: heartwood

Why did the officers on the ground not alert the SS so the SS could shield Trump? Had the officers no comms with the SS? According to the eyewitnesses the police were notified there was a man with a rifle, a couple of minutes before the shots.

What were the snipers rules of engagement? Did they have permission to open fire on a person on the roof with a rifle? Why was the roof not secured?


22 posted on 07/14/2024 11:12:22 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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I haven’t looked at it again but it looked like B was what happened. I don’t remember seeing any discharge from the SS agent’s rifle during that first move. Seems like his head was up at that instant rather than sighting down the barrel. Looked like involuntary reaction to hearing a shot.


33 posted on 07/14/2024 11:30:19 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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There was one guy at the presser yesterday says the perp was outside the perimiter????

Outside the perimeter? That perimeter is is anything within eyesight of The President and a bit beyond.

How in the Ho Lee Phuk is that possible?

I’ve been to Trump rallies and snipers are everywhere, including in the hills surrounding.

Security is actually visible for miles before you even get to a rally venue.

I felt safe, as well, unconcerned for The President’s safety

Moreover, there was a helicopter circling the event

So… a guy just decides to show up at a rally and take a potshot at PDJT… and he looks around for a spot that wasn’t covered by USSS and… well whadaya know! He’s in luck. A handy barn roof with no-one on it. And his rifle happens to be sighted in for the distance to the stage.

Now, let’s just see if he can get up there with a rifle without being spotted. Well whaddaya know! Another lucky break! Wait… he was spotted and pointed out to security, Well whaddaya know! Three times lucky! Security blew it off.

Oops. His luck ran out. He was shot deader’n a doornail. Tsk, tsk. Too bad. Can’t question him now.

Gonna be lots of stuff out there

Fact is “it should have never happened “

That it did is inexplicable and no answer will be acceptable

Snipers have an Area of Operation

In that AO are Squares that they are responsible for scanning hostiles and intelligence

Each Square also has math notes for distance, elevation, declination, etc

This was not a slipup


35 posted on 07/14/2024 11:37:11 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: heartwood

I am unconvinced that the sniper on the left looked up and then slammed his head down on the stock and acquired a shot that fast. Either that gun barrel kicked up from his head slamming down on it, or maybe it was recoil from a shot. Either way it doesn’t appear he has good control of the firearm at that point.


38 posted on 07/14/2024 11:47:14 AM PDT by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians)
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To: heartwood

What the video shows me is that the sniper was scanning and saw the shooter in his scope which caused him to raise his head and confirm with his eyes what he was seeing (a natural reaction even though at that distance it is doubtful it would have confirmed with his naked eyes). The sniper then went back to the scope, but I do not think he fired because a shot rang out before he could have reaquired the shooter. That shot (from the shooter) startled the sniper causing him to jerk his rifle back. It is possible that the second sniper in the more prone position is the one who fired back at the shooter after the shooter had pumped out five shots.


39 posted on 07/14/2024 11:49:31 AM PDT by falcon99 ( )
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To: heartwood

I’m sure better video exists. I suspect the police sniper heard on his radio reports of a gunman but was searching the wrong rooftop when the first shots were fired. The sniper quickly adjusted position and engaged the gunman.


41 posted on 07/14/2024 11:54:52 AM PDT by fso301
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To: heartwood

Video Shows U.S Secret Service Spotting and Watching Shooter Prior to Shots – Doing Nothing, Then Flinching.

Wanted the shooter to fire first????????????????????????????


43 posted on 07/14/2024 12:59:06 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: heartwood

bttt


53 posted on 07/14/2024 9:24:26 PM PDT by angelsonmyside
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