http://twitchy.com/fuzzychimp/2024/10/23/kunce-kinzinger-shooting-reporter-hit-with-shrapnel-n2402622

Lucas Kunce recently became the latest Democrat to shoot someone. The Missouri Democrat hopeful looking to unseat Senator Josh Hawley appeared with Democrat wannabe Adam Kinzinger in a backyard campaign event clearly intended to send the message 'Hey y'all! We Democrats like us some guns too! Yeehaw!'

KSHB 41 reporter, Ryan Gamboa, got the lead covering the event. No, really, he got the lead from a Kunce ricochet in his right upper arm, bloodying his shirt.

Kunce delivered some on-the-spot odd first aid care and Gamboa continued.

Lucas Kunce (@LucasKunceMO) ~ Great day at the range today with my friend @AdamKinzinger. We got to hang out with some union workers while exercising our freedom. Always have your first aid kit handy. Shrapnel can always fly when you hit a target like today, and you’ve got to be ready to go. We had four first aid kits, so we were able to take care of the situation, and I’m glad Ryan is okay and was able to continue reporting.

The derptastic duo 'exercised their freedom' from what appears to be an unsafe distance, putting themselves and those around them in danger. Gamboa just happened to be the unlucky recipient of the pair's negligence.

Sean Davis (@seanmdav) ~ {Replying to @LucasKunceMO and @AdamKinzinger} You could’ve killed somebody today, you freaking moron. What kind of a brain dead idiot shoots steel inside 10 yards with a rifle?

The criticisms of the risky range event came pouring in from Twitter/X users.

Chris Loesch (@ChrisLoesch) ~ {Replying to @LucasKunceMO and @AdamKinzinger} None of you should be allowed anywhere near long guns. A lot of unsafe and idiotic practices here.

Unsafe, indeed. Let's see what people had to say about the sheer stupidity on display by the would-be Senator and his pet RINO.

Danny ElPaso (@DannyElPaso) ~ {Replying to @LucasKunceMO and @AdamKinzinger} Your range safety sucked. Shooting steel at close range with safety glasses on your head is a dumb move.

Kunce and Kinzinger were photographed shooting steel targets from inside 10 yards with rifles. The general guidance for safely shooting steel with a rifle is 100 yards.

Jeremy Redfern (@JeremyRedfernFL) ~ {Replying to @LucasKunceMO and @AdamKinzinger} My guy ... here’s just three of the infinite number of problems:
1) Why even have eye protection?
2) What are you trying to look at? Your target is maybe 3 meters away.
3) One ricochet off of that steel into that little bucket, and the Missouri Senate race is over before Nov 5th.

http://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=tannerite&;mid=26A82E9EF37C03D6A59C26A82E9EF37C03D6A59C&FORM=VIRE

It seems the goal of the event was to try to look gun chic. Instead, they managed to appear firearm illiterate.

Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) ~ {Replying to @DLoesch} Good grief this stance. Like he’s trying to both stand there and simultaneously run from it.

Kinzinger was pictured with his eye protection worn like a hair accessory as he stared down the SCOPE at a target he could probably hit with spit … or tears.

Oh, and what is that on the table?

Dr. Richard Harambe (@Richard_Harambe) ~ {Replying to @LucasKunceMO and @AdamKinzinger} Umm, do I see Tannerite? At that range?

It looked a lot like Tannerite to Twitter/X users, an impact-sensitive explosive for target shooting. The table looks like two thirteen-year-olds found their dads' guns and dumped everything out to play while the adults were away.

Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) ~ 🚨 NEW: Disgraced former Congressman Adam Kinzinger and Democrat MO Senate nominee Lucas Kunce went shooting today for a photo-op, and a reporter ended up being SHOT. Absolutely incredible. These idiots decided it’d be a good idea to shoot metal plates with an AR-15 from just FIFTEEN FEET and are surprised they almost killed someone?

And Tim Walz has already proven he doesn’t have the slightest clue how to handle a firearm. There seems to be a trend here. 🤔

Maybe it’s time to disarm the Democrats. They’re the ones constantly shooting people.

A more detailed view of the steel targets was posted to Facebook by user DOMvisions from Holt, Missouri where the incident took place.

DOMvisions is in Holt, MO. ~ One of those moments where you’re like “is this really happening?� and it is. A bullet fragment struck a TV reporter at a shooting range during a campaign event on Tuesday for U.S. Senate candidate Lucas Kunce, who provided first aid to the journalist. Kunce, a Democrat, was at a private residence near Holt north of Kansas City with former U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican, when a fragment appeared to have ricocheted off a target. Kunce was shooting an AR-15 at the time, and was the only person shooting when the injury occurred. The reporter, KSHB-TV’s Ryan Gamboa, began bleeding from his arm. Kunce, who spent 13 years in the Marines, wrapped gauze and his belt around the reporter’s arm to help stop the bleeding. The wound was later wrapped with medical tape. Gamboa remained at the range and continued on his assignment.

The steel targets appear to be homemade knockover targets with signs of previous wear. The plates look to be welded onto a steel base at a 90 degree angle.

On impact, the bullet hits the steel plate and sprays lead fragments in all directions from the point of impact. Some of those fragments will travel downward towards the steel base, where they will ricochet once again back towards the shooter or other bystanders.

This could be how Gamboa was injured.

Kunce was also photographed tightening his belt around Gamboa's arm to hold a pad over the injury.

His belt.

It's like we're watching selected frames from a low-budget made-for-TV action film.

tree hugging s*ster (@WelbornBeege) ~ What about the wooded area they were firing into? How do they know that it was clear as far as the range of what they were shooting? Is there a berm?

Safety questions abound.

Josh Hawley took his own shot at his political rival.

Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) ~ I condemn all acts of violence against reporters and call on Kunce never to shoot another one. 😂😂😂

Perfect. Kinzinger returned fire, managing to make himself look like an even bigger dope.

Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) (@AdamKinzinger) ~ Josh is Such a dork. What about the police on Jan 6? Condemn those acts of violence? Also the reporter is fine and it was a fragment. Guess you don’t know how that all works.

'The reporter we shot while being absolute morons with AR-15 rifles is fine. Don't be such a dork.'

Kinzinger descends deeper into the clown-hole.

Hollaria Briden, Esq. (@HollyBriden) ~ {Replying to @LucasKunceMO and @AdamKinzinger} We all hate reporters, but this is a little extreme, Lucas.

Heck, President Trump was hard on Jim Acosta, but at least he never shot him.

Magills (@magills_) ~ Journalists after escaping a Lucas Kunce campaign event ...

Thankfully, nobody was hurt worse. Kinzinger deserves to be called out for his dismissiveness.

Clowns like him make it harder for responsible gun owners.

Abigail Jackson (@abigailmarone) ~ {Replying to @LucasKunceMO and @AdamKinzinger} This is a weird tweet. “We had a great day ... by the way, we accidentally shot someone!�

Missouri, we suggest you give Lucas Kunce plenty of time to hang out with his buddy, Adam Kinzinger. Maybe just don't let them have guns.