Sadly, the mentality that Erik is talking about here, is pervasive in Law Enforcement and Military circles. People are put in positions they shouldn’t be in…because of either social engineering or because you are someone’s drinking buddy. It doesn’t look good no matter how you slice it.
Whether you think this was allowed to happen because the Deep State doesn’t want Donald Trump back as President or because of gross incompetence, the reality is this: YOU CANNOT RELY ON SOMEONE ELSE TO PROTECT YOU. If they cannot even protect the former and probable future President of the United States, with all the resources at their disposal, they cannot or will not protect you, the average citizen.
One point of disagreement with Mr. Prince is about the wind estimate. I think he is being overly generous. The reality is that out to 200 yards, an AR platform rifle is essentially point of aim, point of impact. This means where you put your dot or crosshairs, is where the bullet is going to hit. The only exception to this is at very close distances where height over bore becomes a factor resulting in the bullet striking low. Wind, however, is not a factor at these distances. Only by the grace of God did the shooter miss. Most any deer hunters out there will tell you that this is a relatively easy shot.
Hopefully after the tragedy yesterday in Butler PA we can all recognize that unaccountable bloated bureaucracies continue to fail us as Americans.
Donald J Trump is alive today solely due to a bad wind estimate by an evil would be assasin. As the graphics show the full value wind of just 5mph was enough to displace the unconfirmed but likely light 55 grain bullet two inches from DJT’s intended forehead to his ear.
DJT was not saved by USSS brilliance. The fact that USSS allowed a rifle armed shooter within 150yds to a pre-planned event is either malice or massive incompetence. Clearly there was adequate uncontrolled dead space for a shooter to move into position and take multiple aimed shots. Watching the newsreel one can hear how proximate the shooter is by the very short time lapse between the crack of arriving bullet (supersonic) to the boom of muzzle blast (sonic).
The law enforcement sniper (unclear if USSS) in newsreels was clearly overwhelmed as his face came off his rifle instead of doing his job to kill the shooter. Clearly they were watching the shooter but apparently have a no “first shot” policy. The only positive action was an apparent 488yd shot by one USSS sniper which dispatched the assassin but after the assassin launched at least 5 rounds, wounding DJT and killing and severely others in the crowd.
In my old business of providing Diplomatic Security in two active war zones we were expected to execute the basics or we would be fired. Clearly USSS failed at the basics of a secure perimeter and once shots were fired their extraction was clumsy and left DJT highly exposed to follow on attacks. It looked like they had never drilled together because those responses should be effectively autonomic. Will there be accountability? That’s not the Washington way.
Unserious and unworthy people in positions of authority got us to this near disaster. Merit and execution must be the only deciding factors in hiring and leadership, not the social engineering priority of the day. Sadly nothing in Washington reflects that any longer. DJT is right to question the competence of those protecting him because yesterday they failed in almost every way. Nature abhors a vacuum and there are always other options. Most importantly, as Americans let’s come together and run a proper valid election so we can get back to what matters a merit based society that judges on character and skill. Nothing else.
(Images from a SEAL sniper instructor at Red Sky LLC)
