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JFK with an AR-15, and General Clifton with a CIA-designed crossbow, USA, 1963 (lemmy.world)
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[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 13 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

What was special about the crossbow?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

That it’s a crossbow designed by a government in possession of nuclear weapons and the capacity to make and use more. Which is just kinda strange ya know

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 5 points 17 hours ago

Maybe it was actually just an ordinary crossbow, but was shown here to make the KGB think it was special and waste resources trying to figure it out!

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

It's laced with LSD

[–] Damage@feddit.it 6 points 17 hours ago

For the user, mind you, not the target