Question: sorry another Kirk topic. But could someone have been trying to do an actual ear shot like Trump?

[LiberalArkie]

But was a little low?

To me, it seems that if someone was going to kill Kirk, they would have done the chest (center mass). People have already indicated he was not wearing a vest as they could see his belly fat and nips.

I could almost see that happening as a logical thing to boost the Trump shooting and detract from his problems.

[Prairie Gates]

1. Yeesh

We need the cringe emoji.

[tritsofme]

2. Yikes. Just stacking nonsense on top of nonsense.

[bearsfootball516]

3. Trying to hit someone in the ear from 200 yards away sounds pretty implausible.

I would assume that most people attempting an assassination would aim for the head. Occom's razor suggests that's what the assassin was trying to do, the shot missed slightly, but still hit a critical spot.

[LiberalArkie]

5. I asked a friend of mine who likes long range target shooting and his response was the center mass. The chest would

be the target as it is the largest area since Kirk did not have a vest on (Which to me is stupid since he is a public figure). He told me hitting the head at that distance would be luck for most people.

So naturally my warped mind went to "What if someone was trying to duplicate the Trump shooting?" since there is the video of the 2 men beside Kirk that seemed to be signaling someone before the shooting.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

6. Seems like I heard a commentator saying Kirk "had Trump's ear"! Could be an occupational hazard.

[kerouac2]

7. They would only need to shoot near him

For trump copycat. Not actually hit him on ear. Copycat gone wrong would be more likely. Maybe that's why he was sitting down, so he wouldn't get hit...

Not that I'm saying that I think that happened. Just throwing it out there.

[LiberalArkie]

10. Yea, I know.. Just speculation because we know the official report will be whatever they want it to be.

But in my gut I feel it is related to the other "Head Wounding" incident.

A stunt gone wrong or a "Gun Nut" who dislikes Kirk?

[kerouac2]

11. Yep

might as well face the fact that this guy was surrounded by and followed by a whole lot of crazy people. Actually a pretty good choice for taking one for the team though.

[gab13by13]

8. No

[Scrivener7]

9. Trump's ear was not shot. If it was, there would have been at least some redness a week later. And there wasn't.

[Ritabert]

19. Obviously a blood squib which he learned from his wrestling pals

[D_Master81]

12. Haha...NO

Let’s not let this devolve into the absurd.

[multigraincracker]

13. My guess. It was said CK had just sat down.

Might have been aiming at chest but pulled trigger just as he sat down.
Just a thought.

[LiberalArkie]

14. Interesting. But a marksman should be following the target anyway, like they would with a deer or elk.

At 77, I need thought provoking things to keep the old noggin exercised.

[Prairie Gates]

23. He had not just sat down. He was speaking already for 20 minutes, seated in that seat

"It was said..."

By whom?

[bluedigger]

15. Maybe somebody who thought William Tell was historic fact.

No telling what people learn in home school these days.

[Xavier Breath]

16. I knew this was going to be a weird day when immediately after signing in I went right to jury duty.

Good grief.

[Kaleva]

17. Shooter very likely was aiming for the chest

A DUer who hunts out west said that when shooting downhill, the shot often goes high.

[Brainfodder]

18. Taking a different angle, perhaps this was personal, and shot him there to instantly shut him the fuck up and pain too?

[Fiendish Thingy]

20. Both Trump and Kirk's shooting s were missed head shots

Both shooters intended to kill their targets, and one succeeded.

[MineralMan]

21. Almost certainly not.

No experienced marksman would do such a thing.

[The Revolution]

22. You and I have very different definitions

Of "logical".