Charlie Kirk Shot in the Neck in Utah (Update: Shooter Alt-right links)

SchlongConery

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Actually if you watched the video a little closer, he was carrying something in his hand like a towel wrapped gun or a gun case, along with his backpack (which was already on his back).
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I've looked frame by frame as closely as I can and while I do think I see a little bit of a flagged projection of some textile material, it doesn't add up to a normal sized hunting rifle to my eye.

But it's too grainy to draw any conclusions from.
 

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Rifle recovered in a wooded area..........................very convenient and suspicious.


Is someone stepping into Charlies shoes to campaign to be president?

 

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So true.

When I turned in my guns for destruction many years ago, rather than sell them, I did so because I never wanted the risk that MINE might be the ones to kill or hurt someone or some thing. I would gladly, and did, give up my 'right' to firearms in Canada and would 100% support laws reducing the prevalence of guns in Canada. I did so at a cost of probably $25k as I had a couple of nice engraved Benelli trap shooting guns, a MacMIllan 50 cal in addition to a half dozen handguns and bunch of other misc rifles.

However, the US is beyond any recovery when it comes to guns. So IF I lived in the US, I would definitely own a self defence short barrel shotgun and a concealed carry small frame 40 S&W. In fact, probably 15 years ago when I had a place in Florida, I got a FL DL and took the CCW course and had a nice little cheap compact 40 cal of some sort I bought at a gun show. Ended up being a PITA to carry and secure and the places I frequented were hardly dangerous areas. So I ended up selling it back to a pawn shop.

NO WAY they are ever going to gather up the guns on the USA. Even if there was a price of $1,000 on every POS gun out there, they'd never find them all. So many sitting forgotten in basements, barns, old cars boxes etc. I think your 400M number is low.

I have zero ideas of any realistic or practical solutions to the gun problem in the US. Except to live in Canada and hoep the gov't invokes the notwithstanding clause and enacts 5 and 10 year minimum sentences for simply carrying a firearm (5 years) and (10 years) for carrying or using the firearm in the commission of another offence. Including traffic offences. Having a gun when a cop pulls someone over puts the stop on a whole next level.
Canadian style gun laws would definitely help. It's really crazy how they want to make gun access easier when they already have a 3rd world level of gun violence. Like why in the flying fuck do you need guns in public places including government buildings and out in public? Hand guns should be prohibited to at home and thr gun range. Hunting rifles to home and the woods. You really shouldn't be able to buy ammo out of vending machines or guns in a back ally beside a gun show. There should also be a required gun safety course which should he mandatory and a limit to thr amount of guns owned and much stricted penalties for people who don't secure them. Why this is so crazy to the conservatives is beyond me
 
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Canadian style gun laws would definitely help. It's really crazy how they want to make gun access easier when they already have a 3rd world level of gun violence. Like why in the flying fuck do you need guns in public places including government buildings and out in public? Hand guns should be prohibited to at home and thr gun range. Hunting rifles to home and the woods. You really shouldn't be able to buy ammo out of vending machines or guns in a back ally beside a gun show. There should also be a required gun safety course which should he mandatory and a limit to thr amount of guns owned and much stricted penalties for people who don't secure them. Why this is so crazy to the conservatives is beyond me
Holy shit, "vending machines"? "Back alley behind a gun show"? You're not actually familiar with gun laws in the US are you?
 
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mandrill

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You must hate pedestrians and the environment, leave the driving to the professionals.

See, it's that easy to trivialize the "need" for a private automobile. Maybe think twice when you criticize someone else's life choices.
Nah. I just have to get to the burbs and there's no other practical way of getting out there. You clearly don't live in this city.

Yeah, but there ARE all those pedestrians on the 401, I guess. Strange that I haven't killed 15 or 20 pedestrians, given that I'm such a automobile fiend. 🤪
 

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Actually if you watched the video a little closer, he was carrying something in his hand like a towel wrapped gun or a gun case, along with his backpack (which was already on his back).
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I just watched another, higher resolution video and think you are right. Looks like a dark towel wrapped and fluttering a gun. So there goes one of my earlier musings.

Something else I noticed at the higher quality is that it sounds like it was a supressed sub-sonic large calibre gun. Like the US miltaries Special Forces 300 Blackout subsonic round but they are super rare.

I also noticed the angle of Charlie's body is very hunched forward. From the impact point and a max ten degree angle, the wound channel trajectory would have put that bullet iin the meatiest part of the man. So no wonder it didn't blow out his neck.

For those interested, here is the high res YT I watched. It does have the uncensored shot and blood gushing for those woth the stomach...


 
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Nah. I just have to get to the burbs and there's no other practical way of getting out there. You clearly don't live in this city.

Yeah, but there ARE all those pedestrians on the 401, I guess. Strange that I haven't killed 15 or 20 pedestrians, given that I'm such a automobile fiend. 🤪
You missed the point, didn't you?

You could take public transit or an Uber; leave the driving to the professionals; isn't that the same argument we hear about gun ownership and self defense? Just call the cops, but leave your car keys and valuables near the door. :rolleyes:

I haven't killed anyone with my guns either, I'm no more responsible for gun violence than responsible drivers are for automotive fatalities, [hint] that's the point. [/hint]
 

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Yes, it didn't look like a normal sized gun.
Maybe he disassembled the gun and was carrying parts of it in his backpack and the rest wrapped in the towel.
But then why would he put it back together and leave it in the woods? That doesn't make sense either.
Or may be he had it stuffed inside his shirt and the part sticking out was wrapped in a towel.
If the rifle in question even resembles the actual murder weapon, removing the barreled action from the stock for concealment, then reassembling it on the rooftop, just before the shooting, could have greatly affected the rifle's accuracy.

That doesn't even take into consideration that the scope in that photo, was mounted so far rearward, it would have, at best, hindered the shooter's ability to actually fire it.
 

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You make good counter-points.

But believe me when I say that I do not celebrate his murder. I am not saying he can't speak his mind on issues that are important to him. I don't have "extreme views on gun control" as you ascribe to me.

On gun control... as a former, enthusiastic long gun and handgun owner, restricted weapon owner, collector, small game big game and waterfowl hunter, target (22 precision shooting Anschutz) trap and skeet shooter that never shot below 22/25 , I KNOW the US is beyond gun control. I have NO, ZERO, ZIP, ZILCH ideas on how to make the US safer WRT guns.

As I said in a previous post, if I lived in the US, I'd own both a self defense shotgun and a concealed compact 40 cal handgun.

In Canada, I surrendered all my guns for destruction about 15-20 years ago when I moved downtown and was worried about securing them. I never wanted the chance that my guns could ever hurt anyone so I didn't sell them.

I accept and support legal gun ownership in Canada. I also support the gov't invoking the notwithstanding clause to reintroduce substantial (5 and 10 year) mandatory minimum sentencing for illegal use or carrying of guns. Whose sentences would be consecutive to any underlying sentences.

I also call out pilots who crash and get killed and kill others "doing what they love" when their deliberate actions result in their death. Because I want others to realize that going out "doing what you love" is never glamourous.

Go peacefully, in your sleep. Like my grandfather. Not screaming in terro like his passengers. 😉

all of that rings hollow with one simple foolish statement you made, justifying a lack of respect for the recently deceased Charlie kirk

Does callously dismissing thousands of innocent firearm murder victims as the price society pays for the Second Amendment not display a lack of respect?
 
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I just watched another, higher resolution video and think you are right. Looks like a dark towel wrapped and fluttering a gun. So there goes one of my earlier musings.

Something else I noticed at the higher quality is that it sounds like it was a supressed sub-sonic large calibre gun. Like the US miltaries Special Forces 300 Blackout subsonic round but they are super rare.

I also noticed the angle of Charlie's body is very hunched forward. From the impact point and a max ten degree angle, the wound channel trajectory would have put that bullet iin the meatiest part of the man. So no wonder it didn't blow out his neck.

For those interested, here is the high res YT I watched. It does have the uncensored shot and blood gushing for those woth the stomach...


It's a frontal impact and so it could also have lodged in his spine, even if it remained above the level of the shoulders.

I don't think the weapon is anything special and it doesn't sound supressed or silenced or muffled. Just a normal gunshot at 150 m distance. A supressed sub-sonic weapon is pretty special forces and this looks to be a DIY kill by a batshit college kid.
 

mandrill

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You missed the point, didn't you?

You could take public transit or an Uber; leave the driving to the professionals; isn't that the same argument we hear about gun ownership and self defense? Just call the cops, but leave your car keys and valuables near the door. :rolleyes:

I haven't killed anyone with my guns either, I'm no more responsible for gun violence than responsible drivers are for automotive fatalities, [hint] that's the point. [/hint]
This is dragging on. So I'm just going to leave you at this point.
 

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You, Pierce and the other right wing chatterboxes might want to refresh your understanding of fascism. By your own assesment of this lone shooter he was the polar opposite of fascism. And Kirk met the textbook definition .

"A fascist is a proponent or supporter of fascism, a far-right, authoritarian, and ultranationalist political ideology characterized by a strong, centralized state, a cult of personality around a powerful leader, militarism, and the suppression of individual rights, democracy, and opposition.

Fascism often emphasizes national decline, purity, and the use of violence for what it sees as national revitalization, opposing liberalism, democracy, and communism. "
nope a fascist is some who imposes their ideals on others via violence
And an assassin who kills another person because he does not agree with their views meets that textbook definition .

and once again you show a disgusting lack of respect for a peaceful family man who was cowardly murdered by trying paint his as a fascist

take note
the suppression of individual rights, democracy, and opposition.
your words not mine

if nothing else Charlie Kirk was a very strong support of individual rights , democracy and opposition

you should be ashamed of yourself
 
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