Mr. Kirk, a close ally of President Trump, was shot while speaking at Utah Valley University. The authorities were still searching for the shooter, with no one in custody.

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    22 hours ago

    Is 200 yards skilled?

    This is America, so I’m assuming y’all have better marksmen than me and that’s not even a moving target. That’s sub 200m shot, if you’ve got a stable firing position that’s really not that bad.

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      22 hours ago

      Yes, obviously it is “skilled” as in the person has had to develop specific skills taking at least hundreds and probably thousands of hours to have the capacity to do that. No one was saying it was a world record shot.

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        19 hours ago

        200 yards would be a pretty normal deer hunting shot, remember that people use scopes. Something actually impressive would be more like a mile. (1760 yards)

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        15 hours ago

        Literally every veteran could make that shot with iron sights. We had to qualify on 200 yard targets. With a scope, you could probably include every hunter in the US as well. 200 yards isn’t a long shot.

        Oh yeah, and every single Girlscout or Bouscout that has their archery badge, or their shooting badge, not marksman that’s a different badge, would be able to make that shot.