I agree, about as insignificant as you can get. However, I think it would be eligible for a purple heart if it happened in a war.
This is what the marines say:
Eligibility for a Purple Heart applies to service members who suffered a wound: 1) As the direct or indirect result of enemy action, and 2) The wound required treatment by a medical officer at the time of the injury.
Because medical officers are usually pretty much doctor level in the army I was in, and before them there’s your own medkit, and then there’s the medics who aren’t technically officers either.
If it’s just “required treatment” essentially then yeah but if it’s “treatment by a medical officer”, then I don’t think this would qualify.
that presumes Trump isn’t a draft-dodging bastard of a person. If he had been a conscientious-objector of the Vietnam “war,” he would maybe have some genuine merit to his words.
Instead he’s a (publicly known) selfish draft-dodger who only did it so he wouldn’t get shot like the crybaby that got his ear pierced a couple weeks ago.
If you show me a Vietnam veteran that votes for Trump, I’ll show you a brainwashed power tool.
I am talking about where he was shot. I’d rather be shot in about a dozen other places than one inch away from instant death, I don’t know why that’s a controversial take.
I honestly cannot think of a less significant spot to be shot. Like this wouldn’t even get you a purple heart, would it?
Then again, that presumes Trump has a brain so maybe I’m wrong about that.
I agree, about as insignificant as you can get. However, I think it would be eligible for a purple heart if it happened in a war.
This is what the marines say:
https://www.woundedwarrior.marines.mil/Portals/213/Docs/WWR Fact Sheets/Purple Heart Fact Sheet (Benefit) - Released 12112017.pdf?ver=2017-12-12-110210-387
Apparently he required treatment, so it would be severe enough for a purple heart if this were the result of enemy action, which it was not.
Funny to think that there might be marines who got purple hearts for similarly trivial injuries though.
Makes sense, thanks for the fact check.
The shooter was a registered Republican, do those count as enemies of the country yet?
If they did, so would Trump, and we dom’t give purple hearts to the enemy when they shoot each other.
“Always wanted to earn one, this was much easier.”
How much does the “officer” weigh there?
Because medical officers are usually pretty much doctor level in the army I was in, and before them there’s your own medkit, and then there’s the medics who aren’t technically officers either.
If it’s just “required treatment” essentially then yeah but if it’s “treatment by a medical officer”, then I don’t think this would qualify.
I don’t know it’s pretty fucking close to a head shot. I’d be freaked the fuck out for sure.
Got me thinking. I’d rather be grazed on the skull or a limb. Does that count?
Imagine someone using a hole punch on your ear. And funny enough, that’s about exactly the entrance hole for an AR-15 round.
For those not in the know, an AR-15 round is a slightly heaver and much faster .22. Faster being the operative word. (The image is my poor joke.)
Lots of people get their ears pierced intentionally. A hole punch is a little bigger, but I could see people doing that willingly as well.
Instead he’s a (publicly known) selfish draft-dodger who only did it so he wouldn’t get shot like the crybaby that got his ear pierced a couple weeks ago.
If you show me a Vietnam veteran that votes for Trump, I’ll show you a brainwashed power tool.
He literally just got his ear pierced, teenage girls have been through worse
He was hit on his right Dumbo wing, was absolutely, accidentally on target.
Really? You can’t think of a less significant place than an inch away from instant death?
Really? You think I’m talking about where he could’ve been shot versus where he was actually shot in this context?
You literally did, yeah
Tell me, did I say “more,” or “less”?
Now is being shot through the brain more, or less significant than being shot through ear flesh?
I am talking about where he was shot. I’d rather be shot in about a dozen other places than one inch away from instant death, I don’t know why that’s a controversial take.