By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-12 03:04:21 | Updated at 2024-12-22 22:28:12
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Secret Service Agent Fired at Would-Be Trump Assassin 6 Times from Point-Blank Range—and Missed
Headline News ^ | 12-20-24 | Ken Silva
Posted on 12/11/2024 6:54:22 PM PST by dynachrome
In the wake of the second assassination attempt against Donald Trump that occurred on Sept. 15, a Secret Service agent who spotted the gunman and immediately fired at him was lauded for his quick reaction.
“The agent’s hyper-vigilance and the detail’s swift action was textbook,” Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe said at a press conference later that week.
While Trump’s agent may have reacted swiftly, he may not have been the best aim. According to the House Task Force investigating the Trump assassination attempts, the agent was as close as five feet away from alleged gunman Ryan Routh, and he fired six times at the suspect—missing them all.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: assassination; banglist; marksmanship; routh; secretservice; suckyservice; trump
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1 posted on 12/11/2024 6:54:22 PM PST by dynachrome
To: dynachrome
But chief, I was trying to apply suppressive fire!
2 posted on 12/11/2024 6:55:32 PM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
To: dynachrome
3 posted on 12/11/2024 6:56:27 PM PST by nopardons
To: nopardons
4 posted on 12/11/2024 6:57:16 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
To: dynachrome
Did the agent look like this...
5 posted on 12/11/2024 6:58:35 PM PST by Waverunner
To: dynachrome
Fired six times with the target 5 feet away and missed?
This is not a case of needing more range time, it’s a case of someone so nervous he couldn’t properly aim. It was not like at the range where a target can’t shoot back. A real life combat scenario is when the target does shoot back. If his target fired at him, he’d be dead.
This guy does not deserve praise, he needs to be fired.
6 posted on 12/11/2024 6:59:08 PM PST by redfreedom (May God save us from what the Democrats do in the name of good.)
To: Waverunner
7 posted on 12/11/2024 7:00:15 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: redfreedom
At five feet all one needs to do in point.
Provided the target was making some noise, I could hit it at five feet blind folded.
8 posted on 12/11/2024 7:01:38 PM PST by redfreedom (May God save us from what the Democrats do in the name of good.)
To: redfreedom
Lucky some cow out in a field nearby wasn’t killed.
9 posted on 12/11/2024 7:01:46 PM PST by dynachrome (Auslander Raus!)
To: dynachrome
It is coming to a point where I have little or nothing left to say. This entire nations seems to be swirling down the toilet.
10 posted on 12/11/2024 7:02:54 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
To: dynachrome
Who the hell is Ryan Routh??
11 posted on 12/11/2024 7:02:58 PM PST by Sacajaweau
To: dynachrome
12 posted on 12/11/2024 7:04:07 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: redfreedom
Fired six times with the target 5 feet away and missed?
Okay I’ll ask, were the SIX misses intentional??
13 posted on 12/11/2024 7:04:14 PM PST by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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