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8. Maybe that wasn't the dominant eye

Tue Aug 19, 2014, 08:15 PM

Aug 2014

Most people have a dominant eye and that for a shooter that is usually the eye they aim with, although some shoot with both eyes open. Generally a right handed person is right eye dominant, left handed, left eye dominant.

A simple test, place your thumb so that it appears to cover a light socket across the room. Close one eye and then the other eye. If the light socket still appears to be under the thumb, then that is the dominant eye.

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A cop with a broken eye socket can fire such accurate rounds? [View all] Duer 157099 Aug 2014 OP

Depends. Which came first, the rounds or the broken eye socket? nt Xipe Totec Aug 2014 #1

HOLY CRAP! Michael Brown is a zombie?!?!! jeff47 Aug 2014 #31

just for argument sake Nobel_Twaddle_III Aug 2014 #38

If he was aiming for center mass, he missed the first four times. WillowTree Aug 2014 #2

It's a gruesome observation Aerows Aug 2014 #42

He could have been firing blind Boom Sound 416 Aug 2014 #3

why not? Vattel Aug 2014 #4

"All witnesses report a struggle" bullshit. Lie. elehhhhna Aug 2014 #12

Well, Tiffany Mitchell and Dorian Johnson report a struggle. Vattel Aug 2014 #15

you were alerted on demwing Aug 2014 #13

lol, that is a funny one. What I said was inaccurate, though. Vattel Aug 2014 #16

Then he hangs around the crime scene several hours, HooptieWagon Aug 2014 #5

The more the PD/HR firm lies, the deeper the hole gets. Rex Aug 2014 #7

It will be believed, because anything else forces a change of narrative. Rex Aug 2014 #6

Maybe that wasn't the dominant eye Lurks Often Aug 2014 #8

isn't there video of him showing he was standing around ? JI7 Aug 2014 #9

If he was all hopped up on speeed or steroids, he might have been able to. But VanGoghRocks Aug 2014 #10

Exactly what I asked in another thread world wide wally Aug 2014 #11

accurate? jberryhill Aug 2014 #14

I had my lower eye socket broken by someone once. herding cats Aug 2014 #17

I wrote about my broken upper eye socket in another thread csziggy Aug 2014 #23

You were in shock. herding cats Aug 2014 #28

Oh, definitely in shock - but I was luckier than you were csziggy Aug 2014 #35

That's a precious story! herding cats Aug 2014 #40

Here he is just a couple of months before that show csziggy Aug 2014 #41

Watch the video supplied by the eyewitness onecaliberal Aug 2014 #18

looks pale, no blood, not even a red face. nothing. elehhhhna Aug 2014 #19

Could you link the video?? I've heard of them but have not seen them uponit7771 Aug 2014 #21

Here is the video of Wilson walking around the scene csziggy Aug 2014 #22

Charles Johnson just did an informative blog post on this octoberlib Aug 2014 #20

I'll remind my readers that Jim Hoft is probably the single most dishonest right wing blogger.... Brother Buzz Aug 2014 #25

It can be done. Totally leftstreet Aug 2014 #24

I think the story is BS avebury Aug 2014 #26

The broken eye socket would count as significant head trauma, yes? Maedhros Aug 2014 #27

The problem with there story is the fact that the shooter avebury Aug 2014 #29

Agreed. Not credible. [n/t] Maedhros Aug 2014 #34

A "broken eye socket" could mean a fracture. WCLinolVir Aug 2014 #30

Yes, but a blow of sufficient force to inflict a blowout fracture Maedhros Aug 2014 #32

No it doesn't have to. Sorry. Lots of people go in for a sore wrist/ankle and find they have a WCLinolVir Aug 2014 #36

Those were accurate? What was he aiming for? WCLinolVir Aug 2014 #33

An "orbital blowout fracture to the eye socket" can take many forms onenote Aug 2014 #37

Have any of the witnesses given comments on the state of the shooter after it happened? Grammy23 Aug 2014 #39