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D.C. sniper attacks - Two snipers terrorized the Washington, D.C. area on Oct 2002, killing 10 people and critically injuring three (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] BloodSlut@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Personally, I view "sniper" as having the connotation of being a much higher skillset and degree of planning and competency. Likely with some level of training and control.

Meanwhile "gunner" could just be any half-brained Joe schmo who picks a gun of the ground and starts firing.

As for diction, sniper typically refers to a long range shooter using a powerful rifle while gunner could be using any gun.