Russian ambassador shot!

[T.Lex]

Dude, it's a Canik. Harden up on the gun geekery, this is INGO.

haha

I know, I know. Unlike real life, my knowledge of handguns tends to be narrow but deep.

In other news, the ambassador's first flinch appears to be because shooter dude fired into the air first. Not sure what that might've been about.

Except, despite opinions to the contrary, it is difficult for most people to just shoot someone. There usually needs to be an emotional buildup to it.

 

[halfmileharry]

I wonder if Hillary will be responsible for the repercussion?
Wait, this is Russia. I'm betting there's going to be retaliation unless it was just a movie.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

haha

I know, I know. Unlike real life, my knowledge of handguns tends to be narrow but deep.

In other news, the ambassador's first flinch appears to be because shooter dude fired into the air first. Not sure what that might've been about.

Except, despite opinions to the contrary, it is difficult for most people to just shoot someone. There usually needs to be an emotional buildup to it.

Not unusual. It's happy fire to build courage. "I'm scared!" So, they empty the gun into the dark or whatever they are afraid of.

I see it all the time. First shot is a throw away to get the juices flowing.

Didn't you read On Killing?

 

[T.Lex]

Not unusual. It's happy fire to build courage. "I'm scared!" So, they empty the gun into the dark or whatever they are afraid of.

I see it all the time. First shot is a throw away to get the juices flowing.

Didn't you read On Killing?

Yeah (and once again, we're not really arguing) it just seems to me like this guy's juices would've already been flowing. Given his speechification, it seems like he was already pretty jacked up. And his follow-on shot to Karlov's back appears to have been immediate. He didn't wait for him to turn around or anything.

Did you watch/find the video? It almost seemed like the "warning" shot was more to draw everyone's attention to him.

Anyway just a minor thing.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Yeah (and once again, we're not really arguing) it just seems to me like this guy's juices would've already been flowing. Given his speechification, it seems like he was already pretty jacked up. And his follow-on shot to Karlov's back appears to have been immediate. He didn't wait for him to turn around or anything.

Did you watch/find the video? It almost seemed like the "warning" shot was more to draw everyone's attention to him.

Yes, I saw it on German tv.

Just saying that a rev up shot is not uncommon. Jerry (no "jay" sound in Turkish for a boy's name) the Jihadist may be more motivated than others.

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

Full video of the shooting on Twitter...

Search @140journos

I won't link here. Pretty disturbing. Shot from behind with exit wound through heart and close-up of man's facial expressions while bullets impacted. Very hard core.

Edit. Found it.

 

[Roland of Gilead]

When Obama said there would be repercussions for hacking our election who would of thought he have an ambassador asassinated.

 

[Spear Dane]

I love this channel. Just so happens he has covered this ground recently.

[video=youtube;zViyZGmBhvs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zViyZGmBhvs&t=295s[/video]

 

[Nojoy621]

The assassin shouted "allahu akbar" which means "the motivation for the attack isn't clear."

Clearly he just shouted "Aloha Snackbar" probably just a really good hors d'oeuvres spread off camera...

 

[T.Lex]

Reports that Shooter's mom, sister, and brother may also have been arrested.

At least they weren't shot.

Well. Wait. I guess I'm assuming facts not in evidence.

 

[Sylvain]

Look at the trigger discipline. Is this the shooter?

I had to read a few different articles and watch a video to understand that this guy was the shooter.
I guess many people (both people in the room before the attack and journalists who saw the pictures right after) figured he was a security officer/bodyguard.
He appears to be wearing a lapel pin as well, just like many bodyguards do.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

I had to read a few different articles and watch a video to understand that this guy was the shooter.
I guess many people (both people in the room before the attack and journalists who saw the pictures right after) figured he was a security officer/bodyguard.
He appears to be wearing a lapel pin as well, just like many bodyguards do.

He was an officer.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Also, in looking at some pics of his demise, I give Shooter some credit: it doesn't look like he tried to take human shields or anything like that. Whatever the body count ends up at, it doesn't look like he intended to take out "innocent" people.

Looks like a pretty targeted assassination based on Russia's actions in Syria. Not really "terrorism", unless we're going to expand the definition of terrorism to include targeted assassinations. I was in Doha when the Russians used a car bomb to assassinate this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelimkhan_Yandarbiyev so I'm not terribly sure this will lead to anything major. The Russians were pretty ticked about their intel dudes being detained, tried, and alledgely tortured but it didn't come to blows. Probably, in part, to US military bases and diplomatic ties to the US...same can be said for Turkey.

 

[Trigger Time]

Screw turkey.

just more Muzzys killing people, same **** different day.
hope trump starts dropping bombs in the right places

 

[jagee]

Screw turkey.

What you do behind closed doors is none of our business...PETA might have an issue, though.

 

[Sylvain]

He was an officer.

I know, but I don't know if he was part of some protective detail division.

 

[Trigger Time]

What you do behind closed doors is none of our business...PETA might have an issue, though.

They like be animals but they'd have to put the turkey down because it had been taken out of its natural environment. PETA is a bunch of ****tards.

 

[T.Lex]

Looks like a pretty targeted assassination based on Russia's actions in Syria. Not really "terrorism", unless we're going to expand the definition of terrorism to include targeted assassinations. I was in Doha when the Russians used a car bomb to assassinate this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelimkhan_Yandarbiyev so I'm not terribly sure this will lead to anything major. The Russians were pretty ticked about their intel dudes being detained, tried, and alledgely tortured but it didn't come to blows. Probably, in part, to US military bases and diplomatic ties to the US...same can be said for Turkey.

Hey, when it comes to definitions of "terrorism" I totally get what you're saying.

Here, it would depend on whether Shooter Altintas was acting on behalf of a state, pursuant to orders, or on behalf of a terrorist group or even on his own behalf.

It does look like it is strengthening the Russian-Turkish ties near-term. Which was probably not the intended consequence.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Screw turkey.

just more Muzzys killing people, same **** different day.
hope trump starts dropping bombs in the right places

I still can't figure out if this is a parody account yet.

 

[SGTGonzalez]

thats crazy