Mr. Kirk, a close ally of President Trump, was shot while speaking at Utah Valley University. The authorities were still searching for the shooter, with no one in custody.

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    5 months ago

    Is 200 yards skilled?

    This is America, so I’m assuming y’all have better marksmen than me and that’s not even a moving target. That’s sub 200m shot, if you’ve got a stable firing position that’s really not that bad.

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        200 yards would be a pretty normal deer hunting shot, remember that people use scopes. Something actually impressive would be more like a mile. (1760 yards)

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        Literally every veteran could make that shot with iron sights. We had to qualify on 200 yard targets. With a scope, you could probably include every hunter in the US as well. 200 yards isn’t a long shot.

        Oh yeah, and every single Girlscout or Bouscout that has their archery badge, or their shooting badge, not marksman that’s a different badge, would be able to make that shot.