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In reply to the discussion: Bullet used to kill Charlie Kirk did NOT match rifle allegedly used by suspect Tyler Robinson, new court filing claims [View all]
rpannier
(24,922 posts)30. I haven't followed the story much
My understanding is the round may have struck something Kirk was wearing and it ricocchet up. If that was true, whatever it hit would have been powerful enough to absorb the impact and force the round up. So whatever it struck would have damaged the round.
For me, Charlie Kirk is gone. That's where the story begins and ends
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Bullet used to kill Charlie Kirk did NOT match rifle allegedly used by suspect Tyler Robinson, new court filing claims [View all]
usonian
16 hrs ago
OP
there is no end to the lunacy that the 'conspiracy brain' will gobble up .... - - - - -(nt)-
stopdiggin
16 hrs ago
#18
Numerous people in the operating at the hospital saw that the back of Kennedy's head was blown off.
everyonematters
15 hrs ago
#27
you could see after he was shot Jackie trying to climb out the back of the convertible, as if chasing his head.
Trueblue Texan
13 hrs ago
#43
Oh Lawd, there's a budding cottage industry of conspiracy theories on the RW alone.
underpants
15 hrs ago
#21
He - a) confessed to roommate - b) stashed a rifle easily identified as belonging to him/family in nearby bushes
stopdiggin
16 hrs ago
#16
When ATF or some other forensic lab can't definitely match a bullet, they say so
Prairie Gates
16 hrs ago
#12
Hard to tell whether the defense is saying the bullet doesn't match the caliber of the rifle, or if it's pushing what
WhiskeyGrinder
16 hrs ago
#19
One of the many "marks matching" forensic "sciences" that is of dubious reliability
Prairie Gates
15 hrs ago
#23
Yep. Bite ID, blood spatter, fingerprints...whatever it takes to keep the PIC running.
WhiskeyGrinder
15 hrs ago
#25
Now watch them say that Charlie Kirk's bullet matches Luigi Mangione's gun...
PeaceWave
15 hrs ago
#24
My guess is that the bullet hit something hard after passing thru Kirk's neck
NickB79
15 hrs ago
#28
That's a rough row to hoe given that the suspect confessed the murder to
allegorical oracle
1 hr ago
#54