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Supposedly the shot was taken from 200 yards away.

In my nonprofessional opinion, that is crappy aim. I can hit an apple from 100 yards away, with a black powder rifle, with an unriffled bore, with iron sights, standing up, repeatedly. I would expect a modern rifle with a riffled bore and a scope and a larger target to be much more accurate from a prone position.



How can it possibly be crappy aim?

The shooter had 1 target, and he delivered a 100% kill shot.

You could say "it wasn't impressive", but you can't say it was crap...


His target was probably higher.


People can deliver crap and still get their task accomplished.

It was crap. I highly doubt the neck was the target. If the head was the target, then the same distance but in another direction, would have missed.

Regardless, it's still sad that someone died, especially in this manner (regardless of politics).


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Sarcasm noted. An apple would actually be more difficult to hit because of its reduced size.


Everyone is underestimating how hard it is to willingly kill a person. Shooting a paper target or apple at a range is nothing like sighting on a person, letting out your breath and pulling a trigger.


I did not talk about killing a person at all. I talked about shooting a target. It is sad in this case that the shooter's target was a person.

I would never want to try to see how difficult it would be, as you mention.


If they're both stationary targets, such as a sitting apple or a sitting person, at the same distance, they are.

The person is probably easier frankly.




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