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The bullet engravings as per WSJ

(later retracted)

edit: This is my collage, it's not serious. WSJ, as they say, got misleading reportings about something carved on the bullets refering to 'trans and antifa ideology' and later retracted it, probably it was designed this way to launch the scare wave and support nazi claims. Under articles discussing that, I saw a lot of jokes about 'uwu' being written on the casing, so I created this meme and posted it in c/lemmyshitpost ironizing over dumb misinfo without even thinking someone would think it's real.

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Oh god, I can't wait to see this reposted as actual evidence by that one uncle ffs...
- Yeah at this point ... this is probably not a good idea.
  Further: That's a casing from a pistol round, probably 9mm, not a necked casing from a hunting rifle.
  Apparently, the entire 'trans ideology on the casings' thing ... came from our favorite divorced domestic abuser Steven Crowder, who claims that basically just someone in the ATF just sent either their own opinion or a prelim. analysis to him.
  Then, as best I can tell... the WSJ just ran with that, and then everyone else did.
  Then the NYT appears to have actually attempted to do journalism, reached out to the ATF for comment/verification, and they basically said 'wtf no, that document is preliminary at best and should not be seen as accurate'... which to me implies they couldn't even be 100% certain as to what specific document Crowder / WSJ was even referring to.
  So... hooray journalism I guess, basically everything is a wildly irresponsible gossip rag right now.
  EDIT:
  
  Was going to say, weren't they claiming the round was from a 30.06? It should be necked and considerably longer.
  This is turning into a worse frame up job than Luigi. Does the DoJ just tell local authorities to find a scapegoat if the shooter can't be found in 12-24 hours?
  
  Guys, guys, guys! It's a shitpost collage I edited myself and posted in the according community. Seems like I need a big disclaimer.
I thought it was a MAGA guy that shot him?
(I mean when misinformation spreads like wildfire, why not rebalance things a bit)
- Until proven otherwise, I'll assume it was a Nazi who thought Charlie wasn't Nazi enough.
  Edit: called it
  
  I mean apparently the groypers had beef with him.
- A lie can be half around the world before the truth has its boots on
  
  Damn those kinky high thigh vinyl boots, take forever to put on. Looks smashing in them though.
  
  Yeah the version going around the right is that the shooter is trans.
  
  It's both been proven (a lie is 6 or 7 times faster) and also from the best author of all times.
- No it was Kirk's estranged gay lover.
- It probably was a gaga guy angry he was pushing for the Epstine list.
  
  A gaga guy? Like a baby? Makes sense
- Big thread on this here:
  https://mastodon.social/@mattsheffield/115187502113402759
  
  I hope this gains more attention.... wowzers!
- Given that both individuals that tried to enact their plots against POTUS were registered republicans, I wouldn't be surprised if some MAGA idiot did shoot Charlie over some falling out. Though my money is definitely on Mossad given recent events.
  
  The guy they've arrested grew up with republican parents (cop dad) and around guns his whole life.
- Aktually, Charlie Kirk was obviously a crisis actor
They retracted their story. The rifle recovered was allegedly a .30-06, this casing is a handgun round, more like a 9mm or so. E: op image is AI anyway.
- They are so ready to condemn trans people. Literally jumping the gun.
- Yay I was right when I saw the shot I was like either that was a 30-06 or a 308.
  Lol. Beautiful caliber to use. A little kick back but still nice.
  Edit: bet it was a cheap rifle as well like a savage or moss.
HAM :3
- Cats do like ham.
Lol, wow, the casing was still smoking when they found it and took the picture? even though it was still chambered? And it was a different caliber than what's pictured? Also how did they fire an AI generated image out of a real rifle? So many questions...
- Fresh from the AI oven
  
  Mmmmmm, delicious, delicious, AI slop.
- People bought the pristine JFK bullet for 40 years. Not exactly a country of critical thinkers.
all news media are basically fascist at this point, especially Bezos shitstain paper and the NYT
- Facebook is a far right propaganda pushing tool now too. It's always been crap, but good lord.
  
  You’re absolutely right; the way Zuck cucked himself for Trump as soon as he got elected. Not to mention that FBook was one of the main reasons he got elected in 2016! All the “tech” bros are not-so-secret fascists; they are driving society toward collapse cause they think they’ll benefit somehow
It's not obvious what "HA" refers to. It could be either Habakkuk (HAB) or Hagai (HAG). However, since there's no Hagai III it has to be HAB.
Habakkuk III:3
God comes from Teman, And the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His splendor covers the heavens, And the earth is full of His praise.
Clearly trans ideology there.
- Clearly it's Hassan. Shooter is a hexbear confirmed.
  
  *Hasan, one 's'
  
  Hasan isn't a tankie...
One engraving read 'Hey Fascists, Catch!' - next to an up arrow symbol, right arrow symbol and three down arrow symbols - and another read 'If You Read This You Are Gay LMAO', Cox said.
Published: 13:49 BST, 12 September 2025 | Updated: 16:33 BST, 12 September 2025
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15086467/Tyler-Robinson-Charlie-Kirk-killer-identified-Utah-Trump.html
Though these reported engravings are pretty long.
Lot of people writing on bullets these days. Must be a pretty big bullet to even fit the word "transgender" on it, let alone his whole manifesto.
Why is it smoking? Is this AI or staged?
- Why is it smoking?
  Don't be a narc, let it have a little smoke break
  
  It’s 4:20 somewhere.
- Because it's not a studio-shot real bullet casing, it's an artistic render of how it looked
  
  It's wild how many comments here think this is the actual photo of the actual shell casing... It's clearly fake
- Can be anything. Other versions had stock photo watermark. I only photoshopped text over it.
- I think it's just regular old photoshop.
Ham? What kind of message is that?
- Hi friend, you're gonna wanna edit an exclaimation point (!) In front of your square brackets there so your image loads inline instead of having a hyperlink with no text
:3
Maybe the shooter was upset about the salty ham?
Under articles discussing that, I saw a lot of jokes about 'uwu' being written on the casing, so I created this meme and posted it in c/lemmyshitpost ironizing over dumb misinfo without even thinking someone would think it's real.
Dang, now that we know the actual engravings it's pretty funny how close that was.
Seriously, what is that supposed to be on it? And what is it supposed to mean? I know it isn't real, but what were they going for?
Cats love ham?

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