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Major Incident at Trump Rally - Shots Fired

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WinterMorn · 13/07/2024 23:26

Looks like some sort of injury to Trump, likely superficial.

Major Incident at Trump Rally - Shots Fired
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PoopingAllTheWay · 14/07/2024 00:46

1dayatatime · 14/07/2024 00:45

I agree it didn't sound like a high velocity round but nonetheless an audience member was killed.

Yes small guns can still kill and atleast one is dead and the shooter is dead

PerkyMintDeer · 14/07/2024 00:46

1dayatatime · 14/07/2024 00:41

@Inlaw

I was wrong in my earlier post, with one audience member killed then it looks highly likely to have been a proper gun (not BB) that was used.

In which case Trump was incredibly lucky that the bullet just nicked the top of his ear.

2cm the other way and he would have received a fatal head shot.

The more I look at it, the more I think the shooter was attempting a JFK style assassination. Trump is extremely lucky to be alive.

LiterallyOnFire · 14/07/2024 00:47

Are other sources saying second suspect in custody?

bananacreampie · 14/07/2024 00:47

1dayatatime · 14/07/2024 00:45

I agree it didn't sound like a high velocity round but nonetheless an audience member was killed.

And another is in a serious condition. I think if Trump hadn't turned his head in the millisecond before the shot hit, he'd have been more seriously injured or dead.

Cuppapuppa · 14/07/2024 00:48

@PoopingAllTheWay the only footage I have seen shows people ducking behind Trump & I have family in America and they would definitely react to gunfire. But pointless arguing as you say so agree to disagree.

LiterallyOnFire · 14/07/2024 00:48

Yes small guns can still kill and atleast one is dead and the shooter is dead

And Trump lightly wounded and another man critical. They weren't tickled.

2021x · 14/07/2024 00:48

PoopingAllTheWay · 14/07/2024 00:44

The majority of the people did not move
Its an every day thing for them!
There is enough footage to see

Im not going to argue with you, i have many American friends and the mum takes the kids to the shop with a gun in their bag

Look at the crown and how little they move, that will give you the info you need

A more reasonable response is that they didn’t move because of the freeze reaction when the sympathetic nervous system kicks in.

To say gunfire is a “normal” occurrence for them is wrong

wowzw · 14/07/2024 00:48

if you watch closely in slow motion, Trump moves his head at the very last second. If he hadn't, he'd now be dead.

HRTQueen · 14/07/2024 00:48

This will make him even more popular and his reaction will be to many heroic just what many in the US love

this is more bad news for the Democrats let’s hope they make changes quickly

and still Trump will support the NRA

oakleaffy · 14/07/2024 00:48

.22 can still kill humans.
Murders have been committed with a .22 {Jeremy Bamber killed his adoptive parents, nephews and adopted sister, and tried to pin the blame on her with a .22

Inlaw · 14/07/2024 00:48

PoopingAllTheWay · 14/07/2024 00:46

Yes small guns can still kill and atleast one is dead and the shooter is dead

A .22 isn’t a small gun. I’m no expert on guns so no idea why everyone is saying this when it’s pretty basic stuff. I have shot them. It’s typically used in long range rifles; loads of uses from target, to hunting, to short range snipering and killing people.

Mummyoflittledragon · 14/07/2024 00:49

PerkyMintDeer · 14/07/2024 00:00

The daily mail has a picture of a woman on the ground who appears to have been injured in the main story pictures.

Terrible. I hope she’s ok.

Edit - I’ve just seen someone is dead. 😵

LiterallyOnFire · 14/07/2024 00:49

wowzw · 14/07/2024 00:48

if you watch closely in slow motion, Trump moves his head at the very last second. If he hadn't, he'd now be dead.

Yeah that's not a set up.

As if the presidential contest wasn't fucked is enough already.

PoopingAllTheWay · 14/07/2024 00:49

dottiehens · 14/07/2024 00:45

What info we need? Tell us?

What? The fact the crowd just duck.
ONE person screams and alot of people just keep standing / sitting and some recording on their phones

If that happened here, the whole crowd would be gone

bananacreampie · 14/07/2024 00:50

dottiehens · 13/07/2024 23:56

But you do not worry about that with Biden who does not even know Zelensky from Putin. 😂

It was a slip of the tongue, a Spoonerism, quite common with people who have struggled with stuttering previously, as Biden has.

bananacreampie · 14/07/2024 00:50

PoopingAllTheWay · 14/07/2024 00:49

What? The fact the crowd just duck.
ONE person screams and alot of people just keep standing / sitting and some recording on their phones

If that happened here, the whole crowd would be gone

Trump supporters are generally not the brightest sparks.

Cuppapuppa · 14/07/2024 00:51

Trump supporters are generally not the brightest sparks.

Yeah I wouldn’t say they are reflective of all Americans…

AliceOlive · 14/07/2024 00:52

dottiehens · 14/07/2024 00:45

What info we need? Tell us?

That’s ridiculous. I’m American. I live in a city that has had two shootings in the past month. My family was in the vicinity. It was terrifying. One still hasn’t recovered and she was blocks away. We aren’t accustomed to this. No one I know is used to it, and we are very familiar with guns.

DottyDazed · 14/07/2024 00:52

PoopingAllTheWay · 14/07/2024 00:49

What? The fact the crowd just duck.
ONE person screams and alot of people just keep standing / sitting and some recording on their phones

If that happened here, the whole crowd would be gone

They are taught to drop down, aren’t they? Even in school drills early on.

HundredAcreOwl · 14/07/2024 00:52

Trump's security detail seemed a bit slow? And allowed him to stay standing?

dottiehens · 14/07/2024 00:52

bananacreampie · 14/07/2024 00:50

It was a slip of the tongue, a Spoonerism, quite common with people who have struggled with stuttering previously, as Biden has.

Pls stop it is beyond embarrassing now. He is not fit to carry on. Really dangerous amd refusing to quit the race.

oakleaffy · 14/07/2024 00:52

bananacreampie · 14/07/2024 00:50

It was a slip of the tongue, a Spoonerism, quite common with people who have struggled with stuttering previously, as Biden has.

Sadly Biden is really wouldn't get a job in a local supermarket- he's clearly terribly 'forgetful'.
He should just retire, but it's depressing that there isn't a better woman or man to be President.

Lalgarh · 14/07/2024 00:52

Leader of Students for Trump saying Joe Biden and The left are responsible for this, and the demonising of Trump, and all because they (MAGA supporters) want to protect their country and pay $4 a gallon for petrol

LiterallyOnFire · 14/07/2024 00:52

HundredAcreOwl · 14/07/2024 00:52

Trump's security detail seemed a bit slow? And allowed him to stay standing?

I thought they were pretty good. He was uncooperative, and he's not a small man.

BruceWillissDribble · 14/07/2024 00:53

Are we talkin a 22 pellet or 22 bullet? Ive used a 22 pellet over her and that wouldnt kill someone but looking at a 22 bullet is a different matter.

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