Shooter’s skill level likely determined fate of latest Trump assassination attempt: experts

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Former President Donald Trump’s life was put in extreme danger again Sunday, security and military experts told Fox News Digital, though the shooter’s ability to actually harm the former president largely came down to his skill level.

“Wide open areas like golf courses are notoriously difficult to secure,” Josh Schirbard, a former SWAT commander and sniper team leader, told Fox News Digital. 

“The routes of ingress are almost infinite, and most golf courses contain an abundance of wooded areas, shrubs, and other landscape features that make masking one’s approach even easier. Given these challenges, the best chance for an assassination attempt would be to use terrain masking and distance as your allies to try to make a long-range rifle shot.”

The comments come after the FBI said Sunday it is investigating an apparent attempted assassination on Trump, this time after shots were fired

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