Storming Of The Capitol Building

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(03-09-2024, 03:21 PM)GMDino Wrote: So apparently there were weapons during the insurrection on Jan 6th.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-supporter-charged-firing-gun-jan-6-capitol-attack-rcna142538

Quote: Online "sedition hunters" who have aided the FBI in hundreds of arrests of Capitol rioters — and who first sent Banuelos' name to the FBI in February 2021

This sentence gives me some weird feelings.

On one hand, if you riot and rush into a government building, you SHOULD be arrested and face consequences. No question about it.

On the other hand, there's also something just very potentially wrong feeling about the idea of a whole group of random citizens self appointing themselves with the mantle of government agency spy and informant on a different group of citizens. Even worse that there's a book, as it implies they're getting financial benefit for it, too. Just a hint of McCarthyism vibes that don't feel good.

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Also did that dumbass not realize that gravity is a thing? Even shooting into the air, the bullet has to come back down. Potentially on someone.