On Sep 20, TPUSA spokesperson Andrew Kolvet posted a statement on twitter that Charlie Kirk was a “man of steel” and stopped the bullet from reaching other people.

A lot of gun-youtubers reacted by saying that the bullet found with the gun is too big to match the wounds inflicted.

On Sep 21, Alex Jones said that he spoke to Andrew Kolvet and Charlie Kirk’s surgeon. The surgeon allegedly told Alex Jones that the bullet traveled downwards into the torso after hitting Kirk.

Today, Alex Jones has a former-Green-Beret gun-youtuber on his show to say that the bullets are too big and that there must have been a second shooter.

https://xcancel.com/RealAlexJones/status/1970928473918357949#m
(cw video has shooting footage and transphobia)

  • FunkyStuff [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    3 months ago

    Could he have heard the shot before it hit and flinched because of that?

    No, .30-06 rounds have a muzzle velocity of at least 760 m/s per wikipedia

    if he was shot in the back of the head as this guy claims, shouldn’t someone present have seen the wound and said something?

    Not sure, but it does conflict with the report that there was no exit wound. From the official perspective, the “exit wound” would actually be the entry wound of the real shot from the back.

    Personally I think it’s hard to believe that there could possibly be a second shooter. They wouldn’t have relied on Robinson turning himself in after a really poorly done 36 hour manhunt, all the stuff with the roommate is weird to have arranged (why not have her be involved explicitly?), and the motive checks out.

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      3 months ago

      Oh thank you for checking on the .30-06 muzzle velocity!

      Personally I think it’s hard to believe that there could possibly be a second shooter. They wouldn’t have relied on Robinson turning himself in after a really poorly done 36 hour manhunt, all the stuff with the roommate is weird to have arranged (why not have her be involved explicitly?), and the motive checks out.

      Yeah it’s jsut too weird.