{"id":152,"date":"2022-09-04T19:30:14","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T19:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=152"},"modified":"2022-09-04T19:30:14","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T19:30:14","slug":"argentinian-vice-president-kirchner-survives-assassination-attempt-when-a-cartridge-fails-to-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsandpride.com\/?p=152","title":{"rendered":"Argentinian Vice-President Kirchner Survives Assassination Attempt When A Cartridge Fails to Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kirchner.jpg\" data-caption=\"Screen capture by Boch via Twitter\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kirchner-696x464.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kirchner-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kirchner-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kirchner-700x466.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kirchner-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kirchner-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kirchner-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kirchner-560x373.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Kirchner.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" alt=\"\" title=\"Kirchner\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screen capture by Boch via Twitter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Argentina\u2019s Vice-President narrowly survived an assassination attempt at point-blank range thanks to an apparent cartridge misfire. The incident took place Thursday evening when Vice President of Argentina, Cristina Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner emerged from her car at her residence. She began to shake hands with admirers and supporters.<\/p>\n<p>Her security detail missed not only any pre-violence indicators by the assassin, but also the gun as he drew and pointed it. The would-be killer put it in her face and pulled the trigger\u2026and nothing happened.<\/p>\n<p>Media accounts say it was a five-shot revolver although the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/cristina-fernandez-kirchner-argentina-vice-063126981.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">screen captures<\/a> suggest it was a semi-auto pistol. Either way, where security failed, fate interceded and saved the VP.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the video . . .<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8Miren este video!!!!<br \/>El lunes en <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Argenzuela?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Argenzuela<\/a> hablamos de la seguridad de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFKArgentina?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CFKArgentina<\/a>. Mostramos los maletines de kevlar para cubrirla de un atentado. Nos llamaron de su entorno. Nos desmintieron. Nos putearon un poquito. Lo vimos nosotros y no ellos? Terrible falla. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OGVWVzKH8c\">pic.twitter.com\/OGVWVzKH8c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JORGE RIAL (@rialjorge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rialjorge\/status\/1565507212591747079?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Here\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/argentina-vp-unharmed-after-assailant-threatens-her-with-gun-2022-09-02\/\"><em>Reuters\u2019<\/em><\/a> confused account (the assassin never \u201cfired\u201d the gun) . . .<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\"><em>Argentina\u2019s Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner escaped unharmed on Thursday after a man fired a loaded gun at her that failed to go off inches from her head.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-testid=\"paragraph-1\"><em>The attack, which the economy minister called an assassination attempt, comes at a time of acute political and social frictions inside Argentina.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-testid=\"paragraph-2\"><em>It happened as Fernandez de Kirchner stepped out of a car outside her Buenos Aires home, where hundreds of supporters had gathered. Video footage showed a man holding a pistol next to her head.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-testid=\"paragraph-3\"><em>President Alberto Fernandez said the gun had been loaded with five bullets.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-testid=\"paragraph-4\"><em>\u201cThis is the most serious event we have gone through since Argentina returned to democracy,\u201d he said in a televised address, referring to the 1983 end of military rule.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-4\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/cristina-fernandez-kirchner-argentina-vice-063126981.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yahoo News<\/a> . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>On Thursday, President\u00a0Alberto Fernandez\u00a0confirmed in a televised address that a man attempted to kill the vice-president while she was surrounded by hoardes of supporters outside her Buenos Aires home.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cA man pointed a firearm at her head and pulled the trigger. Cristina is still alive because \u2013 for some reason we can\u2019t technically confirm at this moment \u2013 the weapon, which was armed with five bullets, did not shoot although the trigger was pulled,\u201d he explained, before adding: \u201cWe must eradicate hate and violence from our media and political discourse.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-2\">As for Kirchner\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/news\/article\/Attack-raises-doubts-about-Argentine-VP-s-17417640.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201csecurity\u201d<\/a> detail . . .<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\" data-testid=\"paragraph-2\"><em>Jorge Vidal, a public security expert who used to work for the Buenos Aires city government, said the security response to the incident was \u201cfar from being a professional performance.\u201d \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cWe noticed that there were fewer police officers. I saw two from the federal (police). It was full of people,\u201d [Kirchner supporter Silvana] Venegas said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Javier, the young witness, declared in court that he and other supporters detained the suspect, not the police.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u201cI grab him, and also others,\u201d he said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-2\">It seems Argentina\u2019s security forces seem to have some work to do in terms of personal protection protocols.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-next-post-navi\">\n<p>\nNext Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthaboutguns.com\/argentinian-vice-president-kirchner-survives-assassination-attempt-when-a-cartridge-fails-to-fire\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Screen capture by Boch via Twitter Next Post Coming Soon&#8230;\u25b6 Argentina\u2019s Vice-President narrowly survived an assassination attempt at point-blank range thanks to an apparent cartridge misfire. The incident took place Thursday evening when Vice President of Argentina, Cristina Fern\u00e1ndez de Kirchner emerged from her car at her residence. 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