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The rifle was a IRL German-made Mauser
| I pray to gahd that there's no further violence | 09/20/25 |
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Date: September 20th, 2025 4:00 PM Author: I pray to gahd that there's no further violence Gun that killed Charlie Kirk is WWI-era rifle that may be untraceable By Katherine Donlevy Published Sep. 20, 2025, 2:12 p.m. ET
The gun Tyler Robinson allegedly used to assassinate Charlie Kirk was so old that it predated serial number mandates — making the weapon impossible to track.
The Mauser model rifle, described in texts by Robinson as “grandpa’s rifle,” is a decades-old, German-made gun used in both world wars and on the market years before a law created after the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy mandated weapons to be etched with unique, traceable numbers.
There are believed to be millions of such weapons in homes throughout the country — raising concerns among federal authorities of the potential for other assassins to carry out similar attacks with their untraceable rifles.
Tyler Robinson April 16, 2003 with playing with a machine gun.
Tyler Robinson apparently knew that the suspected murder weapon was untraceable. amber.j.robinson.1/Facebook “Short of the security afforded to the president, there’s no way to defend against the threat posed by this,” Scott Sweetow, a retired official with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, told NBC News
Robinson, 33, allegedly ditched the rifle wrapped in a towel in a wooded area near the Utah Valley University campus shortly after allegedly using it to kill Kirk as he spoke at an outdoor event.
Cops found the weapon hours after the assassination — but it’s not clear whether they would have been able to trace it to Robinson had his family not pressured him into surrendering to cops.
In this handout video screen grab provided by the Utah State Courts, Tyler James Robinson attends a virtual court hearing from Utah County Jail.
Robinson wrapped the rifle in a towel and ditched it in a wooded area near the campus.
The gun is a Mauser model 98, prosecutors said. The 30-06 caliber rifle fires cartridges slightly smaller than 8 millimeters and is a bolt-action style weapon, meaning it needs to be reloaded between shots.
Robinson said in texts to his roommate that the gun had belonged to his grandfather, but it is not clear how the grandfather came into possession of it.
The Mauser 98 was the standard rifle used by the Germans during World War I, and Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler favored a shorter version of the gun for the German Army in World War II.
Thousands of American GIs brought the rifles home with them following World War I and II, and they have since become popular with hunters.
The vintage rifles are also widely available at firearm stores, pawn shops and gun shows, but newer models have unique serial numbers branded along the sides.
Graphic shows a gun reported as what the shooter of Charlie Kirk used.
The gun was a vintage model used in both World Wars.
Serial numbers were not mandated until after Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, eventually leading to the Gun Control Act of 1968.
Under the law, firearms were required to have markings and paperwork identifying the buyer to enable tracing.
Robinson apparently knew his grandfather’s rifle was free of any such etchings, according to text messages he sent in the wake of the murder.
“I’m worried what my old man would do if I don’t bring back grandpa’s rifle,” Robinson wrote to his roommate just hours after the assassination.
U.S. right-wing activist and commentator Charlie Kirk appears at a Utah Valley University speaking event in Orem, Utah, U.S. September 10, 2025.
“IDK if it has a serial number but it wouldn’t trace to me. I’m worried about prints, I had to leave it in a bush where i changed outfits, didn’t have the ability or time to take it with.”
The Utah State Bureau of Investigations claimed it recovered DNA from the murder weapon that is consistent with Robinson, court papers stated.
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Date: September 20th, 2025 4:03 PM Author: UhOh if he intended to retrieve the rifle, why did he bother to engrave the other bullets? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5778043&forum_id=2!#49287053) |
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Date: September 20th, 2025 4:17 PM Author: ,.,,,. Traceable or not means very little. If killer is able to get away he can dispose of the rifle in deep body of water and burn his clothing. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5778043&forum_id=2!#49287081) |
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Date: September 20th, 2025 4:25 PM Author: peeface who cares about tracing it? is Turning Point going to try and sue the Spandau Arsenal
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