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To: Mean Daddy

there is also the element of luck.

Could have been aiming for head
Could have been aiming for heart


44 posted on 09/12/2025 7:15:42 AM PDT by ChronicMA
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To: ChronicMA

Don’t disagree.


45 posted on 09/12/2025 7:16:09 AM PDT by Mean Daddy
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To: ChronicMA
BINGO!
136 posted on 09/12/2025 8:08:28 AM PDT by Bobbyvotes (Work is worship! .... Bhagavad Geeta. )
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To: ChronicMA
You aim for a spot on a vertical line. Windage usually takes care of itself, but range estimates can be off. Additionally, shooting at an angle will raise point of impact. Pick a spot where impact 6” high or low will also be fatal. On a deer, that’s behind the shoulder, middle of the torso.

Did the shooter know that Charlie wore body armor? I’ve heard that he hit an armor plate, and a piece of the spalled bullet cut Charlie’s carotid artery.

157 posted on 09/12/2025 8:26:38 AM PDT by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: ChronicMA

The bullet bounced off a bulletproof vest into his neck.


162 posted on 09/12/2025 8:31:58 AM PDT by packrat35 (“When discourse ends, violence begins.” – Charlie Kirk, and they killed him anyway)
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To: ChronicMA

I’m sure he was aiming for either the head or the chest. Head shot is stupid but is in all the movies - bullet could have dropped more than he thought. Chest shot and he jerked it up when he pulled the trigger.


182 posted on 09/12/2025 9:29:45 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant - Never Fearful)
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