(07-15-2024, 09:19 AM)Sneakers Wrote:

(07-15-2024, 09:07 AM)mikesez Wrote: 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.

Possibly your least knowledgeable comment of all time, and I do not say that lightly.

You've obviously never fired a gun in your life.  How long do you think it took the bullet to travel 400' and what do you think the gunman's reaction would have been?

He's actually almost kind of right in this case. It's clear that the threat was identified so they should've jumped on Trump and hustled him off stage AS they took down the shooter. He and Marty just can't make the connection in their minds as to why that didn't happen, why the principle was left out there in the wind for 30 seconds while the gunman took potshots at him from what should've been a restricted perch with a clear sightline. Everything about this says that the gunman was enabled to get those shots off, and only because of luck, fate, God, or whatever else reason he missed by 2 inches. I give the Deep State an A for effort and F for execution on this one.

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