Navy commander relieved of duty after photo showed him firing rifle with scope backward - eviltoast
  • 11111one11111@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    This was not in any sense an act of senility. You can be 100 years old and legally blind but still know you’re looking in the wrong side of binoculars. Scopes no different. I have no idea the backstory but I would guess he was ridiculing someone for mounting it backwards or something like that. There is no way this was done by mistake like he had no idea he was shooting through the wrong side.

    • ours@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Is he? You can see spent casings flying in the photo, he seems to be actively shooting the rifle. He can’t see shit but he’s shooting.

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        2 months ago

        Right. I’m saying it isn’t a mistake, accident, result of ignorance. I’m saying he knew what he was doing.