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LiberalArkie

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5. I asked a friend of mine who likes long range target shooting and his response was the center mass. The chest would

Reply to bearsfootball516 (Reply #3)

Thu Sep 11, 2025, 07:26 AM

Sep 2025

be the target as it is the largest area since Kirk did not have a vest on (Which to me is stupid since he is a public figure). He told me hitting the head at that distance would be luck for most people.

So naturally my warped mind went to "What if someone was trying to duplicate the Trump shooting?" since there is the video of the 2 men beside Kirk that seemed to be signaling someone before the shooting.

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Question: sorry another Kirk topic. But could someone have been trying to do an actual ear shot like Trump? [View all] LiberalArkie Sep 2025 OP

Yeesh Prairie Gates Sep 2025 #1

Yikes. Just stacking nonsense on top of nonsense. tritsofme Sep 2025 #2

Trying to hit someone in the ear from 200 yards away sounds pretty implausible. bearsfootball516 Sep 2025 #3

I asked a friend of mine who likes long range target shooting and his response was the center mass. The chest would LiberalArkie Sep 2025 #5

Post removed Post removed Sep 2025 #4

Seems like I heard a commentator saying Kirk "had Trump's ear"! Could be an occupational hazard. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Sep 2025 #6

They would only need to shoot near him kerouac2 Sep 2025 #7

Yea, I know.. Just speculation because we know the official report will be whatever they want it to be. LiberalArkie Sep 2025 #10

Yep kerouac2 Sep 2025 #11

No gab13by13 Sep 2025 #8

Trump's ear was not shot. If it was, there would have been at least some redness a week later. And there wasn't. Scrivener7 Sep 2025 #9

Obviously a blood squib which he learned from his wrestling pals Ritabert Sep 2025 #19

Haha...NO D_Master81 Sep 2025 #12

My guess. It was said CK had just sat down. multigraincracker Sep 2025 #13

Interesting. But a marksman should be following the target anyway, like they would with a deer or elk. LiberalArkie Sep 2025 #14

He had not just sat down. He was speaking already for 20 minutes, seated in that seat Prairie Gates Sep 2025 #23

Maybe somebody who thought William Tell was historic fact. bluedigger Sep 2025 #15

I knew this was going to be a weird day when immediately after signing in I went right to jury duty. Xavier Breath Sep 2025 #16

Shooter very likely was aiming for the chest Kaleva Sep 2025 #17

Taking a different angle, perhaps this was personal, and shot him there to instantly shut him the fuck up and pain too? Brainfodder Sep 2025 #18

Both Trump and Kirk's shooting s were missed head shots Fiendish Thingy Sep 2025 #20

Almost certainly not. MineralMan Sep 2025 #21

You and I have very different definitions The Revolution Sep 2025 #22