• TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I don’t. They might commit more hate crimes, but mass shooters usually do it because they’re demoralized and feel powerless. Trump supporters are the opposite rn. The shooter rolled a natural 1 for agility and Trump rolled a critical success for luck. It couldn’t have gone better for him.

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      2 months ago

      The DC for the shot was much higher than you think. He rolled a combined 24 when the DC was 25.

      If he rolled a 1 he would have been shot dead before getting a shot off at all. Instead, he grazed the target’s ear from over 100 feet away. That took skill.

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        It was around 400 feet, but that’s still absolutely nothing for an AR. My 65 year old mother was hitting a six-inch target at 300 ft her first time ever shooting.

        For comparison, Army recruits have to hit a human sized target at about 500 ft to qualify. And basically everyone qualifies.

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          i think he might’ve been a tad bit nervous though. that seems quite reasonable.

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        Reports are saying it’s the teleprompter glass that cut him, which makes wayyyy more sense than him getting grazed.