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| 1. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Sat 13th Jul 2024. 23:47 Someone taken a pop shot at Trump in PA - secret service dived on him then he got up fist pumping with a bloody ear…..Twitter already blown up blaming the left…… Reply |
| 2. Author: jake89 Date: Sun 14th Jul 2024. 00:10 I stand corrected. Thoughts and prayers with the families of those injured. Post Edited (Sun 14 Jul 08:37) Reply |
| 3. Author: da_no_1 Date: Sun 14th Jul 2024. 00:27 . "Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark" Post Edited (Sun 14 Jul 00:48) Reply |
| 4. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Sun 14th Jul 2024. 00:32 jake89, Sun 14 Jul 00:10 It did sound very strange, even for a sniper from distance……will only know if the “shooter” is named as the secret service on stage were heard saying “shooter down” Reply |
| 5. Author: wee eck Date: Sun 14th Jul 2024. 00:43 Sky News are reporting the shooter is dead as is a member of the audience with another in a critical condition. Reply |
| 6. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Sun 14th Jul 2024. 01:03 Yup, shooter reportedly climbed on a roof of a building outside the perimeter and shot from there and was taken out. Looks like a shot he fired has sadly killed a spectator in the stands of the rally. Reply |
| 7. Author: Bletchley_Par Date: Sun 14th Jul 2024. 01:14 Thoughts are with President Trump and his family and the person apparently killed by the evil perpetrator. America must take a breath, dial down the rhetoric, especially from the media who are turning a presidential race into something it is not.  Reply |
| 8. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Sun 14th Jul 2024. 01:36 Wont end here……although Im shocked its taken 8 years for someone to have a shot at him. His rhetoric is vile in itself. Biden wont make it to the election either the sate of him. We thought Britain was broken but at least our leaders look and act like they could lead (obviously not very well mind you) but the pair in America are an absolute shambles. Reply |
| 9. Author: Parnott Date: Sun 14th Jul 2024. 01:41 jake89, Sun 14 Jul 00:10 Shameful. Reply |
| 10. Author: hurricane_jimmy Date: Sun 14th Jul 2024. 05:09 I have to admit it does seem incredibly odd that there were not officers of some description on the high points surrounding the rally to observe for this kind of thing - that`s pretty standard for presidential security. I`m sure every former president is supposed to have some sort of lifelong security team as well, so this is quite a major embarrassment for them. There is something about this that seems akin to the burning of the Reichstag. Reply |
| 11. Author: red-star-par Date: Sun 14th Jul 2024. 07:21 Seems a bit staged to me. Reminded me a bit of Hulk Hogan seemingly defeated, going down and cutting himself, before rising, fist pumping, to the acclaim of the crowd. Fortunately there was a photographer in the perfect place, also unfazed by the shooting, who was able to capture the image, and luckily the flag was perfectly positioned. It`s going to become an iconic shot. That photo just won him the election Reply |
| 12. Author: DBP Date: Sun 14th Jul 2024. 07:30 Shocking I take it the person killed was behind him, as presumably the bullet that clipped his ear carried on into the crowd on the stage at his rear? Just seen the clip… looked like shooter was on his right hand side (three o clock) I know America is deeply divided, but hopefully this doesn’t escalate Post Edited (Sun 14 Jul 07:38) Reply |
| 13. Author: P Date: Sun 14th Jul 2024. 08:50 3rd World country doing 3rd world things. Such a sad waste of life. Reply |
| 14. Author: Parboiled Date: Sun 14th Jul 2024. 09:18 The bullet clipped his ear, you can see him flick his ear as if in annoyance, like you would a wasp buzzing about. If that was staged that is the most remarkable marksmanship since Davy Crockett Reply |
| 15. Author: Wotsit Date: Sun 14th Jul 2024. 09:55 There isnt a marksman on earth who Trump would trust to clip his ear like that. There`s no way this was staged. If I were to speculate I`d go with a drisgruntled supporter, possibly one of the few who paid attention to the contents of the recent Epstein papers release, but that`s 100% speculation on my part. The enemy travels by private jet, not by dinghy. Reply |
| 16. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Sun 14th Jul 2024. 10:05 hurricane_jimmy, Sun 14 Jul 05:09 There were snipers behind Trump on a roof, but how they missed the guy getting on an opposite roof is staggering. They managed to shoot him once shots had rung out though. Think he was outside the perimeter of the rally though. Reply |
| 17. Author: parsfan Date: Sun 14th Jul 2024. 10:56 Wotsit, Sun 14 Jul 09:55 Agreed, but when I first heard the very skimpiest of detail about this (Trump shot, survived, very slight injury) my first thought was of a Johnny Cyclops publicity stunt style shooting. With the state of US politics together with the amount and type of guns in circulation there it`s hardly a surprising turn of events. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The universe is ruled by chance and indifference  Reply |
| 18. Author: Bletchley_Par Date: Sun 14th Jul 2024. 14:25 An Antifa member who donated to act blue and registered as a Republican to vote for Nikki Haley in the Pennsylvania primary. I`ve seen video of him saying he hated Republicans and Donald Trump. Reply |
| 19. Author: hurricane_jimmy Date: Sun 14th Jul 2024. 15:26 I wonder if this will make the Republicans think twice about gun laws... probably not because they`re a bit thick as Trump has stated on a number of occasions! 🤔 Reply |
| 20. Author: McCaig`s Tower Date: Sun 14th Jul 2024. 17:53 Has anyone seen the film "Bob Roberts"? It`s interesting that the initial thoughts of some people were that this was some sort of false flag operation. Also, I wonder how many of the people who are (rightfully) condemning the assassination attempt are secretly wishing that it had been successful, although what fresh hell that would have unleashed I don`t know. To answer HJ, I imagine that many people will argue that this means that because bad people have guns the good people should now have more, not fewer. How you move from a situation where hundreds of millions of people (I would guess) own fire-arms and are happy with that, to a situation where maybe 5% of the people have one I don`t know. I`ve just had a quick look at some stats - take Sweden for instance. Apparently there are 23 guns per 100 of the population. Perhaps a few people have loads, but there still seem to be a lot of firearms about. It ranks 22nd for gun ownership but 44th for gun related deaths. Which suggests that prevalence is one factor and presumably crime and affluence/poverty is another. For comparison Scotland is 117th and 88th. Reply |
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