So now I'm really just taking the piss on this.
It didn't have to be a near miss: they just needed someone to shoot at trump. So they paid some kid, and then everyone fucked it up on every step. Who ******* shoots at that range with just iron sights: especially when scopes aren't hard to get or install. I had a 2X scope for a while: one of my friends bought it as cosplay for his paintball rifle, and just ******* gave it to me when he changed his mind.
There's still no reason at all from this completely unprepared kid. And when you combine it with the fact that it was only a couple of months ago that alex jones was talking about how trump getting shot would help republicans... it still screams scam to me. Someone passed a bad idea all the way up and the screaming narcissist jumped on it because all he cares about is ratings.