Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhy the video of Charlie Kirk being shot was kept on social media platformsnews.northeastern.eduexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1220arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1209arrow-down1external-linkWhy the video of Charlie Kirk being shot was kept on social media platformsnews.northeastern.eduPro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareɯᴉuoʇuɐ@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoKirk’s killer seems to have used some large calibre weapon which probably made it look so particularly brutal and bloody.
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoIt was a .30-06, a 7.62mm round, similar to an AK-47 (ARs uses5.56mm). They make big exit wounds. Given how close the round hit to his brain and the fact that it hit a major artery, he likely died due to the hydrostatic shock from the impact. He likely didn’t even know he was hit, he was seizing immediately and all of his body motion after the impact was involuntary.
Kirk’s killer seems to have used some large calibre weapon which probably made it look so particularly brutal and bloody.
It was a .30-06, a 7.62mm round, similar to an AK-47 (ARs uses5.56mm). They make big exit wounds.
Given how close the round hit to his brain and the fact that it hit a major artery, he likely died due to the hydrostatic shock from the impact.
He likely didn’t even know he was hit, he was seizing immediately and all of his body motion after the impact was involuntary.