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[–] [email protected] 60 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't. They might commit more hate crimes, but mass shooters usually do it because they're demoralized and feel powerless. Trump supporters are the opposite rn. The shooter rolled a natural 1 for agility and Trump rolled a critical success for luck. It couldn't have gone better for him.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

The DC for the shot was much higher than you think. He rolled a combined 24 when the DC was 25.

If he rolled a 1 he would have been shot dead before getting a shot off at all. Instead, he grazed the target's ear from over 100 feet away. That took skill.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It was around 400 feet, but that's still absolutely nothing for an AR. My 65 year old mother was hitting a six-inch target at 300 ft her first time ever shooting.

For comparison, Army recruits have to hit a human sized target at about 500 ft to qualify. And basically everyone qualifies.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

i think he might’ve been a tad bit nervous though. that seems quite reasonable.

[–] tyler 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Reports are saying it’s the teleprompter glass that cut him, which makes wayyyy more sense than him getting grazed.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That was initially reported by TMZ. There’s a picture that shows the bullet approaching

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

There is a pic of a presumed bullet flying past his head, is that the one you mean?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Can you link to that picture?