>the resources and logistics required to set up an assassination is beyond a single unhinged person's scope
Oh it's not that extreme. Maybe a presidential or high-status public-figure assassination (so probably "yes" in the case of Trump), but congressmen are fairly accessible. And political commentators moreso of course. Hell those MN state legislators got assassinated in their homes. Gary Plauche hung out in a phone booth until Jeffrey Ducet was perp walked by. Luigi Mangione is another good recent example... just catch the guy on the street and *pop pop* to the head.
And you could argue that those guys weren't unhinged, but casting off the bounds of society to enact vigilante justice is kinda by-definition "unhinged," even if the cause is just.
Kill shots from 200 yds. with a .30-06 are taken by the thousands each year during deer season. If you can hit the vitals on a deer from 200 yds., you can hit a head/neck from 200 yds.
I mean think about it. Let's say you wanted Jake Tapper of CNN. He doesn't have armed security around him constantly; you know where he works. You can take a few days off work here and there to see where he frequents if you want to look for the best opportunity, but you could probably catch him coming out of the studio on about any given day and do the deed.
Real life isn't a movie, the resources and logistics required to set up an assassination is beyond a single unhinged person's scope.
Oh it's not that extreme. Maybe a presidential or high-status public-figure assassination (so probably "yes" in the case of Trump), but congressmen are fairly accessible. And political commentators moreso of course. Hell those MN state legislators got assassinated in their homes. Gary Plauche hung out in a phone booth until Jeffrey Ducet was perp walked by. Luigi Mangione is another good recent example... just catch the guy on the street and *pop pop* to the head.
And you could argue that those guys weren't unhinged, but casting off the bounds of society to enact vigilante justice is kinda by-definition "unhinged," even if the cause is just.
Kill shots from 200 yds. with a .30-06 are taken by the thousands each year during deer season. If you can hit the vitals on a deer from 200 yds., you can hit a head/neck from 200 yds.
I mean think about it. Let's say you wanted Jake Tapper of CNN. He doesn't have armed security around him constantly; you know where he works. You can take a few days off work here and there to see where he frequents if you want to look for the best opportunity, but you could probably catch him coming out of the studio on about any given day and do the deed.