• electric_nan@lemmy.ml
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    I wish he’d hit too, but I don’t think it’s fair to call him a shit shot. All things considered, he almost fucking pulled it off.

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      2 days ago

      Nah, if you can’t hit that large a target from 135m you’re a shit shot. Kid should have been accurate up to 300m, especially with an AR-15.

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            1 MOA at 300 yards is 3 inches. That margin of error is the difference between grazing an ear and a kill shot.

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              That’s why when you’re trained you know to aim for center mass. He was roughly 150m from Trump, that’s a 1.5" group at 1 MOA. If you didn’t hit your target within 8 shots at that distance, you’re a shitty shot. You would never qualify in the military that’s for sure, and their standards are laughable.

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                Again, he was a skinny teenage kid, under some pressure that neither you or I have ever shot under. I’d rather applaud the effort than criticize the very near miss.

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                Y’all got any more o’ them “well-armed against tyranny” militias? scritch 😶‍🌫️🥲