This is what they're trying to say about the rifle they allegedly found in the Kirk shooting;

[D. Spaulding]

I'm not sure I believe anything coming from this admin anymore, but I do believe this;
if you're Black, liberal, Hispanic, an immigrant, trans, etc. these people are trying very hard to incite violence against you;

"All cartridges have engraved wording on them, expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology."

Link to tweet

[CentralMass]

1. Sure...

[D. Spaulding]

3. This alleged information has been picked up now,

by both CNN and the WSJ.

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/charlie-kirk-shot

[Prairie Gates]

7. Better than the terrible Crowder source

Retracted.

[OLDMDDEM]

4. So, wouldn't that little bit of information tell you the shooter was a repug?

[D. Spaulding]

9. I don't know what to believe with this administration.

I wouldn't put anything past them to promote some kind of narrative.
These claims seem too outrageous and convenient to be true,
and too reckless for a suspect that otherwise seemed to act like some kind of professional.

[OLDMDDEM]

12. Good point.

[vapor2]

30. ALL pathological liars so don't believe anything you hear

[John1956PA]

5. I am going with fake information.

However, if it turns out to be true that the bullet cartridges were engraved as stated, I will go with false flag.

[MineralMan]

6. Yah, sure, you betcha...

No. I don't think so. This sounds like bullshit on toast.

[Whyisthisstillclose]

8. How convenient! I would have expected the cartridges to have the shooters name and address on them.

"I'm Bob, the transgender shooter. Find me at 100 Lefty Ave ". That's what all the cool professional assassins write on their evidence.

[Ocelot II]

13. I always engrave political slogans on my cartridges

when I go out to assassinate someone, just to be sure they know which side to blame before they catch me. Doesn't everyone?

[MichMan]

19. Didn't the Minnesota church shooter last month do just that?

[Ocelot II]

20. That guy left his intentions and slogans everywhere.

He was clearly an amateur, and probably barking mad as well. This assassin is something else.

[D. Spaulding]

22. That's probably what gave the clowns in this admin

the idea to plant this.

[NickB79]

24. On the magazines, yes

[MichMan]

42. Luigi Mangione also did the same

[hadEnuf]

10. Crap like this will be appearing on every single right-wing rag of a website.

I get pointing these instances out, but pay it no heed.

It is expected garbage.

[D. Spaulding]

16. I agree, but it's rather frightening to think the administration

might rush so quickly to plant phony info like this to distract and agitate against the left wing in this country, and foment violence from crazy right wingers
If this info is BS they deliberately planted and leaked, then we are in serious trouble in this country. Very serious.

[markodochartaigh]

31. "If this info is BS they deliberately planted and leaked, then we are in serious trouble in this country. "

Even if it was a false flag operation I don't think that it makes any difference from that from that point of view.
We already know that this regime, and maga leadership, will lie egregiously to gin up hate and violence. A false flag would be just one more example.
Any reasonable observer should have been able to conclude before this latest shooting that we are indeed "in serious trouble".
I realize that many people need to believe that maga is a very small percentage of the US population, a group which was begun by Trump and will disappear when he is gone. Everyone has their own coping mechanism.

[JustBeGood]

11. Anti-fascist ideology? You mean....

Normal/mainstream ideology?

[Coventina]

14. Transparent phony evidence.

What a bunch of baloney!!

[JustAnotherGen]

15. This is how I know

It was a false flag.

[Burnnotice]

17. Fabricated Evidence to ban Transgender

There going to use this to push through the House appropriatations bill to Federally ban adult gender affirming care. I hope the Democrats stand strong against this.

[Moostache]

18. After Sandy Hook, I have assumed everything I hear from ANY right wing source is 100% bat guano.

And I quit huffing bat quano back in '97...

[Jilly_in_VA]

21. FAKE!

It's totally a false flag as far as I'm concerned.

[still-prayin4rain]

23. One engraved cartridge said, "This was done by the entire radical left who are all enemies of america and want a

civil war and I did this because I was brainwashed by the mainstream media who hate President Trump. Really and truly that's why I did this. This is not a RW nut job (again), for sure not. I repeat, this is for sure the fault of "the left." "

So, given that engraving, I guess that solves it.

[mike_c]

40. I hate it when that happens

[Deminpenn]

25. So the shooter took the time to engrave

messages on individual cartridges? Even if the messages weren't literally engraved, you have to be able to write in teeny letters using a pen or sharpie.

[D. Spaulding]

28. I guess it's possible, but so much of that allegation

rings phony.

[Kali]

26. had time to wrap gun in a towel?

ok...

[gab13by13]

27. This is better than finding an Oswald,

Magats can push the narrative the shooter was a left wing terrorist. Did they find the bullet yet? Does it match the shell?

[ImNotGod]

29. tRump turned the JD into a keystone cops reality TV show, I wouldn't trust anything these fascist pigs say. nt

[maxsolomon]

32. FFS. if you're going to do an assassination, don't engrave the cartridges.

leave no evidence. disappear.

[Fullduplexxx]

33. Unless youre a rightie and want to tie this to the left

[maxsolomon]

34. or you're a lunatic.

it's going to be "tied" to the left no matter what. the right has the loudest megaphones.

[muriel_volestrangler]

35. "not been verified by A.T.F. analysts, did not match other summaries of the evidence"

In an earlier post, we included a quote from Nancy Mace referring to reporting from the Wall Street Journal that “transgender, anti-fascist things that were engraved in the ammunition and in the rifle that was apprehended” in the investigation into Kirk’s killing.

According to a preliminary internal report circulated inside the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, federal and local officials recovered ammunition with the rifle that appeared to be engraved with statements “expressing transgender and anti-fascist ideology”.

But the New York Times reports that “a senior law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the investigation cautioned that report had not been verified by A.T.F. analysts, did not match other summaries of the evidence, and might turn out to have been misread or misinterpreted. In fast-moving investigations, such status reports are not made public because they often contain a mixture of accurate and inaccurate information.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/sep/11/charlie-kirk-shot-latest-news-updates-utah-university-donald-trump?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-68c2fa4b8f086519d32701af#block-68c2fa4b8f086519d32701af

[Historic NY]

37. Reporting this seems awfully stupid

like inspiring copy cats or designed to throw off LE looking in the wrong direction.

Brian Thompson killer engraved his bullets. deny, dispose , defend

[maxrandb]

38. If a trans person has that kind of rifle skill

why kick them out of the military?

Sorry. I am just being ornery today.

I believe that shit about the rifle and ammo, about as much as I believe the orange pedophile was an FBI informant working to save young girls from another pedophile.

The only way I could see Donnie Dipshit working against Epstein, would be as a way to remove his competition for underage girls.

[mike_c]

39. this part makes me wonder if it's a hoax

Cartridges engraved with transgender and anti-fascist ideology? Just like Mangione engraved his? That's just too convenient a story that aligns way too well with the administration's anti-trans narratives. Show me the brass. And Kirk was shot in the middle of making shit up about trans shooters? Just too damned convenient.

[orangecrush]

41. Total bullshit