An analysis from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive (ATF) could not conclusively connect a bullet fragment recovered during Charlie Kirk’s autopsy to the rifle found near the scene of the rightwing political activist’s killing – and the FBI is running additional tests, lawyers for Kirk’s accused murderer said in recent court filings.
In the court filings, Tyler Robinson’s defense team also asked for a delay to a preliminary hearing scheduled in May, saying they need time to review the bullet analysis as well as an enormous amount of other material that could contribute to the suspect’s defense.
The ATF’s bullet analysis report has been kept private, but attorneys have cited snippets in other public filings that say the results were inconclusive.
The defense said in its motion that it may try to use the analysis to clear Robinson of blame during the preliminary hearing while prosecutors aim to show they have enough evidence against him to proceed with a trial.
Article says “fragment”. Have you seen otherwise?
Did the bullet stop in some conveniently placed ballistics gel behind Kirk?
That round would have turned his neck into hamburger.
Hunting rifles like that are usually going to make a small entrance wound and larger exit wound. I haven’t seen exactly what happened to kirk because I don’t like to watch people die. But I can say from experience with deer hunting that it’s plausible for that rifle to make a narrow wound channel through a person, while being extremely deadly to them, not making a huge wound outside.
Basically those high powered rounds are made to penetrate well through large animals, tougher than humans. Expanding and deforming of the round is intended to begin well after penetration, unlike the way handgun bullets are designed.
So I think it’s totally possible that Robinson did it even though the bullet isn’t able to be matched
The demonstrations I have seen with this rifle, with all types of ammunition including Old World War One ammunition that is less powerful, there’s a fist sized exit wound and bones in the neck would be broken.
Neat - that in no way answers my question.
Why are you asking me, I am denying it was that gun at all. The story is bs^3.
I’m asking you because you said
It sounds like you’re saying the bullet wouldn’t have been deformed and that you’ve seen some evidence to that end.
I never said that. I said that round would have turned his neck into hamburger.
That at that range it can shoot almost entirely through a half inch of steel plate. It will pulverize haunches of beef back to back, kill an elk or a grizzly bear.
I think the guy I replied to or somebody further upstream what you quoted though.
This isn’t you?
https://sh.itjust.works/post/57725699/24594984
I actually just checked your comment, just got to it because I have a minute. Yes that is me and yes I stand by that statement. Do you have an actual point to make? Because it doesn’t seem like you do, you are grinding an ax but you don’t have an argument to make. Which suggests something something auto something.
WTF? I wasn’t “making a point” I was “asking a question.” To which you reacted first with “why are you asking me about X? I never said anything about X?” and then when shown you said X you reacted with “RAAAAR THAT’S NOT ME RAAAAR!”
And now you’re weirdly accusing me of “having an axe to grind?” Fuck you - I was just wondering if you’d see evidence outside this article on something. But at this point I realize you’re not worth even asking.
Who is me, look at my fucking username and tell me if it’s me what the fuck are you asking? You want me to do the work? I’m busy.
My dude - it’s the same user name. They both link to your account and both messages show in your history.
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