ACCORDINGÂ to authorities, Charlie Kirk was shot by a common bolt-action rifle with a .30-06 caliber.
A marksman demonstrates here what the impact of such a shot would be on a watermelon.
Once again, the story does not hold up under scrutiny.
— Comments–
Terry Morris writes:
I haven’t watched the video, nor will I, but I already know what a .30 caliber rifle will do to a watermelon vs. flesh and bone, and muscle and sinew.
Please understand, I’ve owned many .30 cal rifles in my life, including .30 06s .308s and .30 30s, and have hunted with them all. Mostly deer, but hogs and predators as well. And, an interesting factoid for you, Laura, is that my preferred shot is virtually always to the neck (unless it isn’t available to me), unlike most hunters. My preferred shot is to the neck because I’m what some might call a “lazy hunter”; I don’t get my kicks from trailing a wounded animal for two miles in the dark, if you catch my drift.
When Charlie’s body instantly went stiff upon impact of the round, and then you see it begin to relax with the mic drop, I knew it was real because (1) he could not possibly have faked that process; and (2) I have seen precisely that multiple times Deer and hog hunting – their bodies go stiff on impact, they fall in place, and then their bodies start to relax. It is an instant kill shot, which is why I prefer it. Also, it depends largely on the type of round used whether or not there is an exit wound – sometimes – often, even – there isn’t one; the bullet has just wreaked all kinds of irreparable damage inside the neck – severed arteries, severed spine, obliterated muscle tissue, etc.
My hunting buddies disagree with the neck shot, but only because they are not willing to sacrifice that tender neck meat (and they *do* get off on tracking a wounded animal), but I prefer losing the neck meat to, like I said, tracking a wounded animal for a mile or more, and risking losing it altogether (the last time I shot a deer in the heart, he ran like I’d missed. I knew I had not missed because of the sound of the report. I found the animal two days later over three miles away from the spot where I shot him). …
Laura writes:
Thank you for your perspective.
You write:
he could not possibly have faked that process;
Why?
Also, just trying to understand, why a shot from the same rifle would do so much damage to a watermelon, but not a neck? Are you saying it depends on the rounds used?
Mr. Morris writes:
No; take a baseball bat to a watermelon; then, if you can find a willing participant (ha, ha), take the same baseball bat, applying equal force, to the neck of a human being. See what I’m saying? I’m simply stating the obvious – a watermelon and the neck of a living animal are not even close to the same things, so the comparison fails because there is no comparison.
Laura writes:
It’s true, a watermelon is mostly water inside.
But a neck is very soft. I don’t know why it wouldn’t blast apart —- but here we get into areas I have no experience with. I will defer to you on that for now.
What I do know is that it was a very clean wound with no splatter even behind and that it was the result of outstanding marksmanship, especially for an antifa-type leftist, the type of person who typically rejects guns. We also know from video imagery that Kirk received no medical attention on site, was not taken away in an ambulance and there was no evidence of dripping blood as he was being carried to an SUV. And the site was, again according to video evidence, not treated as a crime scene immediately afterward, which is highly unusual. There should have been a lot of blood and the first thing police do normally is close off the area.
As far as faking his fall, I don’t see why that would be so hard. Don’t they do that in the movies?
There are photos of Kirk making Masonic hand signs on the Internet. His wife was wearing a big, fat, diamond-encrusted, Masonic ring when she was embracing his corpse (we were never shown his face). This event was loaded with Masonic messaging. Kirk supported a president who signals to fellow Masons with his hands.
I don’t trust Masons because they believe in deception.
Mr. Morris writes:
No, Laura, compared to a watermelon, the neck of a human being (or any living animal) is equivalent to a bullet-proof vest. That is the first point. The second is to address your question I mistakenly failed to address earlier: that was not even close to an “expert shot”; indeed, I firmly believe the shooter missed low by at least six inches, probably seven or eight. He “got lucky” to hit Charlie in the neck, as bad as I hate using that terminology. But(!), I have a fifteen year-old, living in my house, who could easily (easily!) have made the same shot *if* he did not value human life. Y’all seem to think 150-200 yds requires extensive training; it does not! Hell, that’s a chip shot, for goodness sakes; I could do it 10 times out of ten tomorrow, and I am *barely* an “expert marksman” by military standards.
