• FerretyFever0@fedia.io
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    20 hours ago

    Do they know how far away they were? What rooftop they were on? I’m hoping they get away with it, but I’m not sure it would even have to be monetarily motivated. Maybe one of their friends or family members were killed as a result of his bullshit? There’s plenty of reasons to kill a shitstain like Kirk. Plenty of people, especially on this website, would’ve done the same if they had the ability.

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      19 hours ago

      CBS news at dinnertime didn’t have details on where but from witness accounts it was at least 100yds, 'cause people said the shot wasn’t that loud. That shit stays loud for 100ft easy. I’m sure law enforcement knows what rifle fired the round by now and it wouldn’t surprise me if they are shitting their pants because it’s some weird fucker like 6.5 creedmoor

      edit: I guess if someone pulled an Oswald and was inside the Book Depository that would muffle the sound heard by people near the victim. However, Utah is pretty fucking big without many tall buildings.

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        17 hours ago

        Could’ve also had a suppressor. They don’t eliminate all the sound like the movies, but make a huge difference with rifles.

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            17 hours ago

            I have no clue other than the witness reports. And the one close up video. But seeing that shockwave hit his shirt, tells me it was something very very fast.

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              I don’t want to watch it again, but it did seem real real fast huh? Lots of energy in the shot, not like an infantry weapon. Way more hunting rifle than AR .223.

              It was just instant.

              e: a fuckit, sleep

              edit again the next morning: The cops think they have the weapon and the news called it “a high powered rifle” so yeah, probably just an AR

              ope: it was a rifle rifle. They are reporting Mauser in .30 caliber so… M98 in .308? Something like that anyway. Mauser also makes a very nice line of modern hunting rifles and you can get those in 30-06