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Shots fired at Donald Trump rally in Pennsylvania as former president is seen with blood across his face (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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Donald Trump appeared to be shot in the ear as shots were fired at the former president at a rally in Pennsylvania.

Trump grabbed at the side of his face and blood spattered across his cheek as several popping sounds were heard.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The news today is saying it was about 200m away and he was using "an AR style" rifle. Definitely a difficult shot, but if he was using an AR-15, that alone made this a really dumb move. He should have brought a full sized rifle, and aimed for centre of mass. Effective range of 5.56 is about 550m. A full sized rifle would be at least 50% more.