An early bulletin circulated widely among law enforcement officials said investigators found ammunition engraved with expressions of “transgender and anti-fascist ideology” inside the rifle that authorities believe was used in the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk. But some officials later Thursday cautioned against reaching conclusions based on the internal report.
The bulletin said an older-model .30 caliber hunting rifle was discovered in the woods near the scene of Wednesday’s shooting at Utah Valley University, wrapped in a towel with a spent cartridge still in the chamber. There were also three unspent rounds in the magazine, all with wording on them, it said.
Is this a trend now? Who inscribes bullets? This seems a little too, “We need to really spell out the motive to people so they know exactly what to think about this.”.
I’m kinda curious now how you even go about inscribing a bullet. I feel like a hand tool would just not really produce a legible result, and I’ve never really even heard of a machine for it. I’m not saying it’s impossible, but really rare to see and kinda weird that the last two high profile shootings had inscribed bullets to really drive home the point.
Hand engravers (sharp tip with a vibrator attached) are pretty effective and easy to use on soft materials, and also on harder materials if you’re patient (on harder materials you have to go over the marking multiple times to get it deep enough for legibility).
But latest word is in this instance the engraving thing was a misunderstanding
Pro-trans, anti-fascist. But the investigators aren’t standing by the report, at least not yet. https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/charlie-kirk-shot/card/ammunition-in-kirk-shooting-engraved-with-transgender-antifascist-ideology-sources-pdymd1sXXMSlVRhpvR4b?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAgKvzG2b0FvFXcFPczXjOvCskYu3jEfXZkxNungHw8bJqObl38FQfAAHwwlGQ8%3D&gaa_ts=68c37bac&gaa_sig=OaA8buSo8cn-zHLtktUJDGj07ElRbp74Jzl2IaZOD2IzB_Lf3CJIDw98fYTyscm-QAHoUu_i_ZmKJ46-SruI7A%3D%3D
Is this a trend now? Who inscribes bullets? This seems a little too, “We need to really spell out the motive to people so they know exactly what to think about this.”.
I’m kinda curious now how you even go about inscribing a bullet. I feel like a hand tool would just not really produce a legible result, and I’ve never really even heard of a machine for it. I’m not saying it’s impossible, but really rare to see and kinda weird that the last two high profile shootings had inscribed bullets to really drive home the point.
Hand engravers (sharp tip with a vibrator attached) are pretty effective and easy to use on soft materials, and also on harder materials if you’re patient (on harder materials you have to go over the marking multiple times to get it deep enough for legibility).
But latest word is in this instance the engraving thing was a misunderstanding