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So I believe it’s confirmed the shooter used a bolt action 30-06. That’s a straight up hunting rifle, and they clearly had lots of experience with it. Plenty of leftists shoot guns, but it’s exceedingly rare for a leftist to hunt imo, due to living in cities, not wanting to shoot other living beings, etc. Maybe there’s a rare hippy survivalist who does that kind of thing, but they’d probably be using a bow or something. This is in addition to him wearing chud sunglasses and an American flag shirt, assuming those photos really are of the shooter.

This is speculation of course, but it makes a lot of sense in my mind. Your thoughts?

EDIT: I believe the rifle found was something like this https://www.mauser.com/en/MAUSER-98-STD-Expert/80112511 Again, I find it very hard to believe a person would own and use this unless they were an avid deer hunter.

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[–] LangleyDominos@hexbear.net 28 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Like others pointed out, based on history alone it's likely a chud. There are leftist hunters and there are people who buy hunting rifles and only use them at the range or in their back yards. If you want a sniper rifle quickly and cheaply, that type of gun is it. It's easy to find as you can get them at any Bass Pro, Cabelas, Walmart, or Sporting Goods store. They don't require any licensing or special checks, just driver's license as you have to be 18. The cheap ones run around $400-$500. At that price point they're not perfect, but they get the job done. They can take down big game from relatively far away. Some people were saying the gun is an older model, so it could be grandpa's or dad's hunting rifle. I would wager it's not actually older though I don't care to spend time comparing photos. It's probably something they bought in the past few months.

Charlie was one of the biggest names to do the Epstein binder pageant a few months ago. He's also one of the first to immediately tell his fans to stop talking about it once Trump got mad. That caused anger. Given that it was recently, I would pick that as a candidate reason for motive. It's either a fan of a rival like Fuentes or it's one of his fans who didn't like his flip-flop. Kirk may have sucked up to Trump but that doesn't mean his fans are on board with Trump.

Really, we may never get a clear answer. We can't trust anything released by law enforcement on this and especially not from feds. Even the information about the gun may not be real. We're going on the word of people who are mad and upset one of theirs was shot and is admittedly working to form some kind of narrative.

[–] D61@hexbear.net 1 points 6 months ago

Also means, you get get them from craigslist ads with even less paperwork.