Califoandrnia Joe: “[…] and the shooter knew it, too!!!”
Excellent point, Joe. 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.
“And his rifle happens to be sighted in for the distance to the stage.”
indeed ... that thought occurred to me as well ... that is, the shooter had to know EXACTLY where he was going to shoot from from the gitgo and had first pre-sighted his rifle for 130 yards somewhere elsewhere ...
people not familiar with rifles don’t understand that you don’t just pick up a rifle and start shooting it at some unknown distance and expect to hit anything [like they do in most movies] ... and if you’re inexperienced, there’s no way you’re going to zero in on the fly, either ...
so, that alone shows significant premeditation and planning ...
Does this scenario remind anyone else of the RFK assassination? Shooter of RFK quickly eliminated so he can't be questioned.