Kirchner’s luckiest day ever!

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Argentinas Vice President narrowly escaped assassination when a gun jammed as the trigg was pulled at point blank range.

she must be thanking heaven and all her lucky stars after this. Incredible!

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: Gun jams during bid to kill Argentina vice-president

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner escapes unharmed after a gunman's weapon jammed at the last moment.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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I'd have expected a rash of the forum's firearms experts to be here by now, with various pieces of advice and condemnation for the efforts of the would be assassin and his choice of weapon Perhaps they're busy in the Ukraine thread...

At least they’re not as bad as the twitterati who are insisting it’s a publicity stunt

 

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I'd have expected a rash of the forum's firearms experts to be here by now, with various pieces of advice and condemnation for the efforts of the would be assassin and his choice of weapon Perhaps they're busy in the Ukraine thread...

Got to tear themselves away from the Alec Baldwin thread first!

 

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She's the luckiest woman alive.

Yep. If I was her I would have got back in the car and told the driver to take me straight to the nearest church to pray and thank all the gods in the universe!