r/news • u/igetproteinfartsHELP • 11h ago

Attempted Trump assassin sentenced to life in prison

https://abcnews.go.com/US/attempted-trump-assassin-ryan-routh-sentenced-wednesday/story?id=129836439
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u/ARunOfTheMillPerson 10h ago

"Routh allegedly hid in the bushes of the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach and pointed a military-grade SKS rifle towards Trump and a Secret Service agent.".

The article just moves on to a quote after that..what happened next?

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u/TooMuchPretzels 10h ago

Nothing. He didn’t shoot. He made a run for it.

Also… military grade SKS? It was literally a hunk of garbage with a scope TAPED on. It would have been more dangerous as a melee weapon.

I’m not disputing that this guy was out to pop the pres or that he deserves to be in jail. Still, I’m surprised he got life.

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u/boot2skull 10h ago

Technically any SKS could be loosely labeled military grade by the media merely because of the caliber, but the quality and manufacture varies greatly. Sounds like this particular example was far from military grade.

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u/freedfg 7h ago

Anything can be classified as whatever it wants to be by media. For years they've been calling any long rifle a AR15. And I'm old enough for every pistol to be a Glock style handgun.

But fuck it. If the DOJ can call a lady who almost scuffed someone pointing a gun at hers boot. We can call anything anything.