US authorities obtained intelligence from a human source in recent weeks on a plot by Iran to try to assassinate Donald Trump, a development that led to the Secret Service increasing security around the former president in recent weeks, multiple people briefed on the matter told CNN.
Honestly I have no idea how hard it is to make that shot, especially if you know you’ve been spotted. I was basing that comment on how he failed to qualify for the marksmanship club at high school. But maybe he got better in the meantime.
I could easily keep my grouping within an inch or two at that distance shooting at a stationary target with no pressure about being shot myself at any given moment. When I’ve had deer in the scope at that range or a little further and the adrenaline starts pumping I need to pull back and catch my breath or I’ll sweep the cross hairs over the entire body without being able to keep steady and settle. Aiming at a former pres knowing secret service could pop you in a second, that’s a recipe for extreme nerves and adrenaline.
It’s just crazy that the perimeter was like 100m if trained snipers routinely take out targets at 1km+. If they really thought Iran was a threat it definitely doesn’t look like they did anything to stop it (and I think the thing that is really stopping other nation states from assassinating American heads of state or candidates is the guarantee that the US would invade like the next day, not the logistics of actually carrying it out).
This kid clipped Trumps ear at 130m using an AR-15. That’s actually pretty good for an amateur.
All my coworkers were saying the kid was a terrible shot, but I’m honestly impressed given the circumstances
Honestly I have no idea how hard it is to make that shot, especially if you know you’ve been spotted. I was basing that comment on how he failed to qualify for the marksmanship club at high school. But maybe he got better in the meantime.
I could easily keep my grouping within an inch or two at that distance shooting at a stationary target with no pressure about being shot myself at any given moment. When I’ve had deer in the scope at that range or a little further and the adrenaline starts pumping I need to pull back and catch my breath or I’ll sweep the cross hairs over the entire body without being able to keep steady and settle. Aiming at a former pres knowing secret service could pop you in a second, that’s a recipe for extreme nerves and adrenaline.
It’s just crazy that the perimeter was like 100m if trained snipers routinely take out targets at 1km+. If they really thought Iran was a threat it definitely doesn’t look like they did anything to stop it (and I think the thing that is really stopping other nation states from assassinating American heads of state or candidates is the guarantee that the US would invade like the next day, not the logistics of actually carrying it out).