Five@slrpnk.net to World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 4 months agoTrump rally shooting is being investigated as an assassination attempt, officials sayapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down10
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minus-squaredelirious_owllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoWhy wouldn’t they just tie explosives to their car or bed like a normal assassin? It seems strange to do it at such an event with so many bystanders and security present
minus-squareFIash Mob #5678@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-24 months ago Why wouldn’t they just tie explosives to their car or bed like a normal assassin? Those things are dangerous to acquire and produce by oneself. Guns are convenient and safe. As for strange, not really. Many assassinations have occurred this way. The key is the intended victim is out in the open.
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoRecent news reports are saying the shooter also had some explosives in his car and at his home https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/latest-on-assassination-attempt-trump-in-great-spirits-motive-not-yet-determined-1.6963353
Why wouldn’t they just tie explosives to their car or bed like a normal assassin? It seems strange to do it at such an event with so many bystanders and security present
Those things are dangerous to acquire and produce by oneself. Guns are convenient and safe.
As for strange, not really. Many assassinations have occurred this way. The key is the intended victim is out in the open.
Recent news reports are saying the shooter also had some explosives in his car and at his home
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/latest-on-assassination-attempt-trump-in-great-spirits-motive-not-yet-determined-1.6963353