I just spent 5 min trying to find out more about this. Most articles say that he was “political” and that he disliked CK. But not one clearly states the killers political leanings.
Also, did he really confess? So it’s a done deal? I need to ask because US media jumps too quickly from suspect to perpetrator, and other countries do the opposite.
30-06 is a large hunting round. It has roughly a 75% larger surface area on the cartridge (the casing, not including the projectile) than a round of 5.56; the standard NATO round,. This is also almost 250% more surface area than 9mm, which the United Healthcare shooter was able to fit 7 characters on with “dispose”, therefore it can reasonably be assumed that you can fit 17 or more characters, which could handily fit “if u read this u r gay”.
That makes sense. And the messages were written on the casings, but those are left behind when you shoot, right (sorry I know very little about guns)? So it’s not really intended for the victim but for whoever finds them, and the idea is to not pick them up when you’re done?
As I said, I find all this confusing, unclear, and rather wait another day or so before I make up my mind.
PS: All I know is a Tom Waits song about thirty-ought-six.
The shooter used Mauser 98 bolt-action rifle chambered in .30-06 (“thirty-aught-six”). The Mauser 98 is a bolt action rifle; a form of single action, meaning the firearm needs to be recocked before fired again, similar to a old revolver or a Nerf blaster. Since only one shot was fired, no casings actually left the firearm. The spent casing from the fired shot never left the chamber, as it would not be extracted until recocked.
Right, on the casing, which is left behind after shooting. And didn’t he only fire one shot? So the entire round was left behind for all but one of them.
All the bullets where engraved with anti fascist stuff, memes, and funny shit. I wouldn’t say in context that it gave even any indication of being pro lbtq except I guess maybe the teasing about stares at bulges. Not really pro trans so much as griefing a person obsessed with wanting to know what’s in other people’s pants.
I just spent 5 min trying to find out more about this. Most articles say that he was “political” and that he disliked CK. But not one clearly states the killers political leanings.
Also, did he really confess? So it’s a done deal? I need to ask because US media jumps too quickly from suspect to perpetrator, and other countries do the opposite.
30-06 is a large hunting round. It has roughly a 75% larger surface area on the cartridge (the casing, not including the projectile) than a round of 5.56; the standard NATO round,. This is also almost 250% more surface area than 9mm, which the United Healthcare shooter was able to fit 7 characters on with “dispose”, therefore it can reasonably be assumed that you can fit 17 or more characters, which could handily fit “if u read this u r gay”.
He used really big bullets. Like, basically the biggest widely available. I thought the same thing at first too.
It was .30-06
That makes sense. And the messages were written on the casings, but those are left behind when you shoot, right (sorry I know very little about guns)? So it’s not really intended for the victim but for whoever finds them, and the idea is to not pick them up when you’re done?
As I said, I find all this confusing, unclear, and rather wait another day or so before I make up my mind.
PS: All I know is a Tom Waits song about thirty-ought-six.
The shooter used Mauser 98 bolt-action rifle chambered in .30-06 (“thirty-aught-six”). The Mauser 98 is a bolt action rifle; a form of single action, meaning the firearm needs to be recocked before fired again, similar to a old revolver or a Nerf blaster. Since only one shot was fired, no casings actually left the firearm. The spent casing from the fired shot never left the chamber, as it would not be extracted until recocked.
Right, on the casing, which is left behind after shooting. And didn’t he only fire one shot? So the entire round was left behind for all but one of them.
So is it fair to say that most of the 26 character message was on the shell casing, rather than the bullet itself?
I’m pretty sure 100% of it was on the casing
Easily. That’s almost 3 inches of casing, and if you run out of room, you can write a second line.
All the bullets where engraved with anti fascist stuff, memes, and funny shit. I wouldn’t say in context that it gave even any indication of being pro lbtq except I guess maybe the teasing about stares at bulges. Not really pro trans so much as griefing a person obsessed with wanting to know what’s in other people’s pants.
The bullet engraving does sound weird, but I have heard of traditions where people engrave names onto dry grains of rice.
The simple fact that we don’t know, in addition to the things we do know about him and his family, is enough to convince me.
If he leaned left at all, they would have 100% already released that by now.