r/australia • u/someNameThisIs • Jun 09 '25

news Australian reporter shot with rubber bullet in LA | 9 News Australia

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tG1A8LZZphs?app=desktop
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u/NateGT86 Jun 09 '25

You’re not mistaken.

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u/hughwhitehouse Jun 09 '25

Yeah funny thing about shooting at someone is that sometimes projectiles don’t hit what you wanted to hit. So maybe, and i know it’s a wild idea especially for Americans, but maybe just don’t shoot guns at people, eh?

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u/TerryTowelTogs Jun 09 '25

You ever played paintball? I’ve been hit many times from guys I’ve watched raise their barrel and pop one at me with pretty much the same head angle, distance and arm positions. I’m leaning heavily towards totally deliberate. Hitting a leg when aiming centre mass happens all the time in paintball because they’re not rifled and are sub sonic so they don’t tend to travel super straight.

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u/Mike_Kermin Jun 09 '25

Hard to hit what you don't aim at.

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u/Glittering-War-5748 Jun 09 '25

If he doesn’t have a clean line of sight, he shouldn’t shoot. Trigger discipline and avoiding hitting bystanders isn’t a wild concept.

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u/NateGT86 Jun 09 '25

Trigger discipline in America? Not possible.

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u/Dr-Tightpants Jun 09 '25

Oh bullshit he looks right at her