• @[email protected]
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    125 months ago

    No, but he also does not look suicidal enough to have someone shoot live ammunition right next to his head and trust they make the shot perfectly.

    • GladiusB
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      -15 months ago

      Who said it was live ammo?

      • @[email protected]
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        25 months ago

        The reporting I’ve seen was that someone in the crowd was killed by this, just not Trump himself, that implies that whatever was fired at least was deadly.

        • @halcyoncmdr
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          05 months ago

          Not that I agree with the arguments here either way but… Devil’s advocate.

          Blanks are not a “safe” round and are deadly. They still fire a regular powder charge and an explosion still leaves the barrel, they just aren’t pushing a bullet ahead of them. They will kill just like a regular round at closer ranges. An attendee dying doesn’t inherently mean that blanks weren’t used. Actual bullets are evidence, but we don’t have concrete info of that sort yet.

          • @PotatoKat
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            55 months ago

            Blanks won’t kill from the distance the shooter was positioned

            • @halcyoncmdr
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              25 months ago

              At the time that was posted, publicly, we had no idea where the shooter was.