Sniper took picture of Trump rally shooter, saw him use rangefinder before assassination attempt, source says

https://lemmy.world/post/17632822

Sniper took picture of Trump rally shooter, saw him use rangefinder before assassination attempt, source says - Lemmy.World

pulls out range finder from ~130 yards away. Proceeds to miss 7/8 shots completely on a 6ft3" 240lb man from the prone.

He was a 20 year old kid who knew he was seconds away from death, who had just scared off a cop who had come up the ladder after him. I’m not sympathetic for him, but I could understand him being jittery and missing. Paper and clays don’t shoot back. It’s not true practice.

Yah, jesus, I get shaky just lining up a nice sized deer still, and I’ve been hunting for years. And I don’t have anyone breathing down my neck and 30 seconds to shoot.

The fact he just barely missed with a shitty AR-15 at over a hundred yards is a minor miracle.