Shots fired at Trump during rally

The best thing to do is “flush” that idiocy. It really cleans up a discussion not having that mindless leftie pablum polluting a topic.

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/07/16/thomas-crooks-phone-motive-parents-trump-shooting/

shooter’s family had a trump sign in their yard at one point according to the across the street neighbor.

 

The real question is, how did the shooter know that the rooftop wasn’t crawling with cops, snipers, or Secret Service? He got his rifle past magnetometers, climbed up a large ladder without being seen, and chose the only unguarded spot.

Also, why can't the FBI unlock his phone?

 

A Registered Republican and Trump supporter tried to assassinate Trump, 5 months after Trump supporters stated that a Trump assassination would be a good thing. Sounds like the case is closed to me!

 

They unlocked his phone. Read the WP article I just posted. All about unlocking his phone and about how he had MAGA signs in his yard.

 

Can you even begin to imagine the violence that would have happened if the shot hit its mark?!?!?!

 

I don’t know if you caught some of the posts that happened here that day before the mods cleaned them up, but there were some scary words, particularly from Orlando. Thankfully saying the words does not equal doing the deeds, but all that is needed for a tragedy is a single crazy.

 

I agree however if the situation was worse and say a “Dem in name only” shot and killed a Dem President I think the Floyd riots would look like a Sunday school brunch compared to what we would see.

 

As I noted way up thread I think gun owners should have some responsibility in securing their weapons.

If I leave alcohol unsecured and my teenage kids get into with friends and then one of those kids drives off and kill’s themselves in an accident you can be darn sure I’ll be in court in some way shape or fashion.

 

I didn't, and I'm not sure who Orlando is. But yes that's true

 

Did he have MAGA signs or a Trump sign in his yard “at some point”

Plenty of people have had Trump signs but aren’t “MAGA”.
Most of the people I know that voted for Trump never jumped the MAGA bandwagon.

 

No not really. I know at least half of our country would be deeply sadden, several of the other side would celebrate and most of our local libs on TH would

 

Seemed to be entirely missing red flags. Guidance counselor seemed to know him fairly well. Quite, smart, well spoken kid that was a good student with a few friends but sat alone at lunch mostly since they were in different period lunches who was excited for college got an AA from community college and was going to attend Robert Morris U in the fall.

Other than being kind of dorky with few friends not a lot there.

 

He’s the guy who became cfl, and then Louisiana, and then Louisiana’s mom. Anyway, I worry about him. His words are getting increasingly perturbing. And there must be many others out there like him.

 

The article said MAGA.

Kelly Little, 38, who lives across the street from the Crooks family, said on Tuesday that she recalls seeing a “Trump” sign in the family’s yard some time ago. She couldn’t remember exactly when the sign appeared, but she said it stood out to her because political yard signs are rare on her corner.

Little has lived in that section of Bethel Park since 2018 with her sister and two sons. She said local teenagers and children liked to gather on her lawn, but Crooks — a strong math student who graduated from Bethel Park High School in 2022 — did not tend to hang out with them.


Instead, Little would often see him out on walks almost every day, usually wearing a backpack and large headphones. He would smile at her and wave.


“A normal kid for this neighborhood,” she said. “A quiet, dorky kid.”

Little said Crooks’s parents rarely came outside. As far as she knew, they did not socialize with other families nearby, she said, but that was not particularly unusual.

Her 17-year-old son, Liam Campbell, said he saw Crooks’s parents get into a red car on Monday night and drive away. He also said he remembered seeing “a couple of political signs in their yard." The signs, he said, were “MAGA related ... Trump stuff.”

 

Where are you seeing that the FBI can’t unlock his phone? I am not disputing that but I had read reports they unlocked his phone at the scene to ID him. They used his fingerprint from what I read. But can’t trust that information.

Agreed about how did the shooter know he would go unimpeded for that long of a time. People who keep blaming it on incompetence don’t understand how these things are supposed to work or simply don’t want to acknowledge the possibility of a conspiracy because it disrupts their narrative.

 

So far it appears a libertarian, gun loving Trumper's republican nerd/loser son tried to assassinate the former president last Saturday using his dad's gun.

 

The pittsburgh office couldnt unlock it quickly so they sent to another office that did so in 40 minutes... that was reported in the link above.

It was a newer phone so no fingerprint.