Trump shooting is the price you pay for freedom

[rightwinger]

If you were honest (although you never are) even an assclown like you would admit that he did more than merely carry a long gun.

He never took a shot
That leaves carry

Now, as an ex felon, he s not allowed to carry
That is what he is charged with
Not attempted assassination

 

[BackAgain]

He never took a shot
That leaves carry

Nope. He prepared for the anticipated murder. Failure to Abe the time to take the final action doesn’t absolve him of guilt on the attempt.

Now, as an ex felon, he s not allowed to carry

No shit. He is not an ex felon. He is a felon.

That is what he is charged with
Not attempted assassination

So far. But it can be expected that the will be (and should be) charged with attempted murder.

 

[BackAgain]

16.5 Attempted Murder
(18 U.S.C. § 1113)
The defendant is charged in [Count ________ of] the indictment with attempted murder in violation of Section 1113 of Title 18 of the United States Code. For the defendant to be found guilty of that charge, the government must prove each of the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:

First, the defendant did something that was a substantial step toward killing [name of intended victim];

Second, when the defendant took that substantial step, the defendant intended to kill [name of intended victim]; and

Third, the attempted killing occurred at [specify place of federal jurisdiction].

A “substantial step” is conduct that strongly corroborated the defendant’s intent to commit the crime. To constitute a substantial step, a defendant’s act or actions must unequivocally demonstrate that the crime will take place unless interrupted by independent circumstances. Mere preparation is not a substantial step toward committing the crime.

Jurors do not need to agree unanimously as to which particular act or actions constituted a substantial step toward the commission of a crime.

16.5 Attempted Murder (18 U.S.C. § 1113) | Model Jury Instructions [my emphasis added].

This being the law, and it is the law, the prosecution can absolutely charge attempted murder.

Indeed, based on press reports, Routh was interrupted by being shot at. He did far more than merely prepare. He was there having fully prepared to kill the former President and clearly was about to do so when he got interrupted.

Whether he ends up getting charged accordingly is up to the prosecutor. But that doesn’t mean that the prosecutor shouldn’t charge attempted murder. It damn well ought to be charged.

 

[EMH]

Got nothing to do with them. Facts are facts, that's all there is to it.

You wouldn't know a fact if it was taped on a baseball bat and whacked into your head....

 

[Lakhota]

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

https://www.wdhn.com/news/trump-taylor-swift-will-probably-pay-a-price-in-the-marketplace-for-harris-endorsement/

JD Vance spelled it out after the Mamphis school shooting . And in his veiled threat to Taylor Swift.
Why should the under siege American people spare any symppathy for trump when he ignores all the other gun deaths in the US. The GOP blocks every gun control initiative vut now wants sympathy for this failed attempt..
Reaping and sewing guys.

Of coutse America should be able to run an election without gunfire. But until you create a society where guns are not relevant this is just the price you pay. Like JD said when those children in Memphis were slaughtered.

nb Vance actually said shootings were "a fact of life" which is pretty much the same Antoinette type of brainless comment. Let them eat cake indeed.

The prime minister of Japan was assassinated in 2022, a country with strict gun control laws.

 

[Crepitus]

You wouldn't know a fact if it was taped on a baseball bat and whacked into your head....

typically violent RWNJ impulse...

 

[carloz]

false dichotomy

 

[EMH]

typically violent RWNJ impulse...

cold hard truth, something your side places ZERO VALUE on...

 

[Mack The Finger]

nb Vance actually said shootings were "a fact of life" which is pretty much the same Antoinette type of brainless comment. Let them eat cake indeed.