(07-15-2024, 08:27 AM)Sneakers Wrote:

(07-15-2024, 12:20 AM)Jaguarmeister Wrote: Kids can get drones at the store for less than $50 that could have been very useful here.  It's a wonder there weren't several in the air that could have spotted him and ID'd the gun minutes earlier.  That poor family that lost a father might have been spared.

Drone surveillance will probably become standard protocol after this incident.  Sometimes the simplest measures are the most easily overlooked. 

The article suggesting uncertainty over the possibility that it was just a telescope or camera is ridiculous.  The counter snipers were at a distance of maybe 400', looking through their own scopes and binoculars, in open daylight.  There's no way the weapon could have been mistaken for anything else.

You keep missing the point.
If a rifle was identified or even suspected, Trump should have been hustled off the stage that very second.
That's obvious.
The "who should shoot first" thing is an ethical and legal dilemma, especially when the suspect is on separate private property. 
Running the protectee off stage as quickly as possible harms no one and presents no dilemma.

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