130 metres is a very easy shot for almost anyone with the most basic of skills with most rifle calibres from about a .556 upwards so I think the guy rushed it and simply missed hence the back up shots he panic-sprayed before he got blasted by the Police sniper. The spray situation even demonstrates desperation...He should have taken a breath, re-aimed and sent it, one round not a spray...that would have ended trump but the guy was in panic I think.
Had he taken a deep breath and aimed for centre mass Trump would be dead or critically injured. He went for a head shot (or centre mass and was a terrible bloody shooter) which at that range for a trained shooter is no worries but someone in a panicked state without much skill and with attention focused on him from Police snipers...Trump is lucky this dude was inept.
Why I think he was panicked/rushed is that people on the ground were already calling out and yelling about a guy on the roof with a gun (some saw him "bear crawl" across the roof into his shooting position and were shouting he had a gun), and that was drawing SS and Police attention, which is why the shooter was neutralized so quickly after his shots I believe.
I wasn't there of course, I don't know all the details, motives and so on...But what I know is a 130 metre shot is generally a walk in the park and I don't think this inept character sent it as a warning shot...and I also think the shooter wasn't someone with much skill at all.
"'Tis only a flesh wound"! ---- Monty Python :)
Lol...t'was only a flesh wound indeed, one that'll leave a powerful and lasting message I think.
Trump is not the kind of guy who seems good at "getting the message." His supporters will absolutely rally behind him, though, and this is a major propaganda loss for the Democrats on top of Biden's debate performance and recent public speaking "gaffes."
I don't know the guy and I'm not there so I see only what the news services let me, and even th n I try to avoid it. Time will tell what happens I guess.
It's times like this I envy your distance from US nonsense.
We have our own issues here but in comparison they are insignificant generally, so I understand the comment above.
Yeah, that is why I don't buy the "warning shot" allegations. That was attempted murder by headshot, no doubt about it.
Was it a lone wolf, or an idiot the FBI egged on? that's a lot harder to say, but the level of tension simmering under the surface of US politics is plenty of motive for someone a bit unhinged.
I was pretty chilled when I saw it...this is the stuff that moves countries to the tipping point (think World War One when Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated) and America is a powder keg already from an outsiders perspective.
Will we ever know why, who, how, what and so on? Possibly, but will it be the truth, (whole truth?) I seem to think Trump just won the election because of this...we'll know in about a hundred or so days. (That image of blood on his head, the defiant face and upraised fist...with the Stars and Stripe behind...powerful imagary.
EDIT: And yep, attempted assassination by headshot, no doubt and I agree.