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bearsfootball516

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3. Trying to hit someone in the ear from 200 yards away sounds pretty implausible.

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Thu Sep 11, 2025, 08:11 AM

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I would assume that most people attempting an assassination would aim for the head. Occom's razor suggests that's what the assassin was trying to do, the shot missed slightly, but still hit a critical spot.

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Question: sorry another Kirk topic. But could someone have been trying to do an actual ear shot like Trump? [View all] LiberalArkie Thursday OP

Yeesh Prairie Gates Thursday #1

Yikes. Just stacking nonsense on top of nonsense. tritsofme Thursday #2

Trying to hit someone in the ear from 200 yards away sounds pretty implausible. bearsfootball516 Thursday #3

I asked a friend of mine who likes long range target shooting and his response was the center mass. The chest would LiberalArkie Thursday #5

Post removed Post removed Thursday #4

Seems like I heard a commentator saying Kirk "had Trump's ear"! Could be an occupational hazard. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Thursday #6

They would only need to shoot near him kerouac2 Thursday #7

Yea, I know.. Just speculation because we know the official report will be whatever they want it to be. LiberalArkie Thursday #10

Yep kerouac2 Thursday #11

No gab13by13 Thursday #8

Trump's ear was not shot. If it was, there would have been at least some redness a week later. And there wasn't. Scrivener7 Thursday #9

Obviously a blood squib which he learned from his wrestling pals Ritabert Thursday #19

Haha...NO D_Master81 Thursday #12

My guess. It was said CK had just sat down. multigraincracker Thursday #13

Interesting. But a marksman should be following the target anyway, like they would with a deer or elk. LiberalArkie Thursday #14

He had not just sat down. He was speaking already for 20 minutes, seated in that seat Prairie Gates Thursday #23

Maybe somebody who thought William Tell was historic fact. bluedigger Thursday #15

I knew this was going to be a weird day when immediately after signing in I went right to jury duty. Xavier Breath Thursday #16

Shooter very likely was aiming for the chest Kaleva Thursday #17

Taking a different angle, perhaps this was personal, and shot him there to instantly shut him the fuck up and pain too? Brainfodder Thursday #18

Both Trump and Kirk's shooting s were missed head shots Fiendish Thingy Thursday #20

Almost certainly not. MineralMan Thursday #21

You and I have very different definitions The Revolution Thursday #22