Comment on Why the video of Charlie Kirk being shot was kept on social media platforms
flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 1 day agoI think what gets people about this one is the large amount of blood that comes from severing a major artery like that and it funneling out there such a focused point.
antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Kirk’s killer seems to have used some large calibre weapon which probably made it look so particularly brutal and bloody.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It was a .30-06, a 7.62mm round, similar to an AK-47 (ARs uses5.56mm). They make big exit wounds.
Given how close the round hit to his brain and the fact that it hit a major artery, he likely died due to the hydrostatic shock from the impact.
He likely didn’t even know he was hit, he was seizing immediately and all of his body motion after the impact was involuntary.