Separate Moan Thread About The Election

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    Have to say it was my first thought, @Tinkerton. ;)

    Apparently the number of guns in legal circulation works out at 3 per US citizen and you can buy bullets from supermarket vending machines. :scratch:
     
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      Seriously? Tell me you've never fired a gun without telling me you've never fired a gun...

      5mm to the right and that would have been embedded in his skull - work that trajectory back over the circa 150 yards from whence it was fired and that is literally a hairs width on the butt of that gun.

      There are things that can be pulled as publicity stunts, but having someone fire a live round at your head... isn't one of them.
       
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        So...not fake news, then? :phew:
         
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        I'd strongly suggest not. We have to hope that the two folks critically injured, who seem to be innocent bystanders caught up in it, pull through too.

        No matter what you think of Trump, Biden or anyone else politically, an assassination attempt is simply abhorrent.

        One thing is for sure - if Trump didn't have the election in the bag before last night, he certainly does now.
         
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          My point, precisely.
           
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            Agreed.

            I don't think it's fake news. But who might be behind it may be more complex that at first appears. After all, "lone attackers" have been blamed before and massive efforts have been put into concealing things from the American public in the aftermath.

            It's all moot though. Neither Trump nor Biden in the White House is in the interests of ordinary citizens. It is wealth putting them there and wealth that will benefit. Same old, same old ... except now there is no effort to even pretend this is not the reality by putting forward outwardly credible candidates.
             
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              So they kill one person and seriously injure two others, blow off Trumps right ear and it's considered a stunt, oh forgot the gun man died as well.
              Even in America I think that is unlikely.

              Strangest thing was, when talking earlier about it Biden came over as almost coherent, much more in control than he he's been lately.
               
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                Teleprompter.... and probably a bit of adrenaline
                 
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                  I'm not sure there is much that is unlikely when it comes to power in the US.

                  For you and I, that innocent lives were lost seems appalling, but there will be those who will always believe ends justify means. In a nation obsessed with gun ownership, loss of life in this way is a daily occurrence.
                   
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                    Oh well, back to the boredom of football, tennis and cycling, then :snooze:
                     
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                      My OH’s first reaction was that certain people who are owed a lot of money by Mr Trump were making a point.
                       
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                        Possible, however I think it is more likely to be politically motivated. It is abundantly clear that Biden has been about as sharp as football recently and was essentially handing the election to Trump on a plate. Someone, somewhat broken in the upstairs department, thought they could improve Biden's chances.
                         
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                          But it seems that the 20year old kid who did it was a Republican..
                           
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                            Well, given we have people "identifying" as cats or pineapples, folks can seem to be something that they are not.

                            This little nugget seems to have been forgotten about (amongst others):
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                              Whoops… Who’s next?…….


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