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This is an actual image. Im not saying the assassination attempt didnt happen. This doesnt dismiss the gravity of what happened.
But I am not convinced a round hit him Im not a ballistics expert, but I own several guns, including AR15s, and I shoot a lot; a 5.56 projectile traveling at 3000+fpm hitting an ear would have to create some damage I am not convinced a round struck his ear.
Meanwhile I have had pimples show redness longer.
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Scrivener7
(52,011 posts)Mister Ed
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unblock
(53,787 posts)As in neither bullet nor shrapnel pierced anything .
The bullet brushed up against at his ear, the tip missing but the side in contact. It maybe not even in actual contact, but close enough to impart heat.
So basically, he got a rug burn.
misanthrope
(7,877 posts)but not much more. If you think about his blather from the RNC -- "the doctors said the ear bleeds more than any other part of the body" -- that is an expected reply from medical personnel if they were posed a question along the lines of "Why is there so much blood if the wound is so negligible?"
Disaffected
(4,836 posts)Maybe he scraped it when he ducked under the podium?
Maybe he cut his hand while ducking and reached up to his ear because he though it had been hit (heard the whizzing noise)?
It's all very suspicious alright especially considering their refusal to release the medical report.
musette_sf
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(22,991 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,613 posts)Just wondering.
Hekate
(93,384 posts)Those stigmata never went away, either.
calikid
(609 posts)hatrack
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tenderfoot
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