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A veteran whose team holds the world record for longest confirmed sniper kill claims Donald Trump's shooter 'had help' as he weighed in on the assassination attempt of former president.
Dallas Alexander, who spent 14 years in a sniper team for the Canadian military doing close protection for major world leaders including the Canadian prime minister, suggested in a video that the 20-year-old who opened fire at the former president's rally Saturday night may have had help from the inside.
'I'm very familiar with the layout of these types of things and what the job should be, and yesterday what happened, I have no doubts in my mind that the shooter had help from somewhere within an agency, an organization or the government,' he said in a video posted to his Instagram and X account.
'The second I saw that aerial photo of what they said happened - it immediately made no sense to me,' he said.
'You cannot, in broad daylight, get onto a rooftop within, what looked like a couple hundred yards if that [of the president]. You can't get in that position with a gun when there's a president speaking.
'It cannot be done,' Alexander insisted.
'Like, you don't even have to be a sniper - it's the most f****** obvious thing, most obvious place in the whole world.
'You could be like a seventh-grader - like "What do we have to do for security?" Well, let's look at these rooftops that are almost within zeroing range of a rifle,' he joked.
'So something happened, and I'm not pointing fingers at anyone. It's just too obvious that this guy had help getting there.
originally posted by: Shoshanna
a reply to: FlyersFan
i would say someone had to see him look at this photo. someone obviously saw him with the rifle clear as day before he shot. a lot of ignorant people on some forums are saying how did he do it im saying how did he miss had to be nerves it isnt that far of a shot with that gun even no scope.
Instead of the current system of starting at 100 yards and moving out to 500 yards, Marines will begin at the 500-yard line and then move in to the 300, 200 and 100 yard lines before finishing with close-up drills at 25 yards and a 25 to 15 yard movement toward the target before backing up to the 100, 200, 300, and 500 yard lines.
www.marinecorpstimes.com...
This video of a woman located behind Donald Trump during his attempted assassination is HIGHLY suspicious. Her body language & behavior seem to indicate she knew that something was coming
originally posted by: tarantulabite1
a reply to: FlyersFan
Conspiracy Theories Arise After Woman Sitting Behind Trump Seems To Not Care About Bullets Flying, Starts
originally posted by: Lazy88
a reply to: putnam6
I could plink little green army at a 100 feet with a long rifle 22 ammo.
Marines train to shoot up to 500 yards.
Instead of the current system of starting at 100 yards and moving out to 500 yards, Marines will begin at the 500-yard line and then move in to the 300, 200 and 100 yard lines before finishing with close-up drills at 25 yards and a 25 to 15 yard movement toward the target before backing up to the 100, 200, 300, and 500 yard lines.
www.marinecorpstimes.com...
200 yard shot should be able to be made by the most mediocre shooter with a decent rifle.
originally posted by: putnam6
this guy wasn't trained
He had a membership at a local shooting club, the Clairton Sportsmen's Club, for at least a year.
According to its website, the club is based south of Pittsburgh and is “one of the premier shooting facilities in the tri-state area” of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. It has more than 2,000 members.
It has multiple gun ranges, including a high-power rifle facility with targets up to 171 metres away.
“Obviously, the club fully admonishes the senseless act of violence,” attorney Robert S Bootay III, who represents the organisation, told the Los Angeles Times.
www.bbc.com...
originally posted by: putnam6
That stuff takes practice and again I was talking WITHOUT A SCOPE.
originally posted by: 38181
a reply to: putnam6
The Front Sight post of a M-16/M4 is the same size of a man target at 500 yards. Marines qual with iron sights easily at 200,300, and 500 yards.
@ 175 yards with a man target would be child’s play.
originally posted by: Lazy88
originally posted by: putnam6
this guy wasn't trained
He had a membership at a local shooting club, the Clairton Sportsmen's Club, for at least a year.
According to its website, the club is based south of Pittsburgh and is “one of the premier shooting facilities in the tri-state area” of Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. It has more than 2,000 members.
It has multiple gun ranges, including a high-power rifle facility with targets up to 171 metres away.
“Obviously, the club fully admonishes the senseless act of violence,” attorney Robert S Bootay III, who represents the organisation, told the Los Angeles Times.
www.bbc.com...
Link to what I believe is the shooting club site if you care to look.
www.clairtonsc.org...
But to say the kid wasn’t “knowledgeable” and didn’t have “experience” with the rifle is intellectually dishonest.
originally posted by: putnam6
That stuff takes practice and again I was talking WITHOUT A SCOPE.
I’m an odd duck. Was in army reserve then went Navy.
The standard for army qualifications in the 1990’s was to shoot human size silhouette targets, human sized from the waste up that popped up. The rifles were open sight / peep sight. The expectation was to be able to hit a waste up, pop up silhouette target at 300 yards no scope.
Your really have nothing. Sorry.
Added. If the shooter was “trained”. He would have been aiming at dead center mass (chest) of a six foot man fully standing on a stage with no cover. Trump probably would be dead.
originally posted by: Lazy88
a reply to: putnam6
We are a long way from your original statement. He was apparently a motivated individual that had experience and range time with a weapon that is made to learn with minimum effort to shoot targets out to 300 to 500 yards reliably with iron / peep sights. Where if the individual was properly trained, he would have been aiming for the chest.
Added. You really don’t have a valid argument. Just gas lighting.
originally posted by: Lazy88
a reply to: putnam6
We are a long way from your original statement. He was apparently a motivated individual that had experience and range time with a weapon that is made to learn with minimum effort to shoot targets out to 300 to 500 yards reliably with iron / peep sights. Where if the individual was properly trained, he would have been aiming for the chest.
Added. You really don’t have a valid argument. Just gas lighting.
This is 16x scope magnification at 100 yards. It’s hard to tell in this picture, but when looking with my eye through the scope, it’s very easy to spot the bullet impacts in the paper at this distance. Even zooming out to 13x, I was still able to see bullet impacts in paper at 100 yards.