• Fades@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    The SS snipers were looking at the guy before he fired, they waited until he fired to shoot. My point being, they absolutely had the capability

    • Liz@midwest.social
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      4 months ago

      Yeah but you need a hard ID that the guy has a gun. The second worst thing to letting a former president get shot is killing a random person at a rally because you thought they might have a gun.

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      4 months ago

      Damn, that morning coffee hasn’t kicked in yet. Even despite the context it took me a few seconds to realise you meant Secret Service, not Schutzstaffel. Although the latter feels awfully appropriate when we’re talking about Trump.