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ultralite001

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3. An important reminder: The insurrectionists prepared in advance...

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Fri Jun 17, 2022, 02:39 PM

Jun 2022

Besides guns...

Some of the weapons that were confiscated had been seen being used inside the US Capitol including a baseball bat, a fire extinguisher, a wooden club, a spear, crutches, a flagpole, bear spray, mace, chemical irritants, stolen police shields, a wooden beam, a hockey stick, a stun gun, and knives.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/17/politics/capitol-insurrection-weapons-ron-johnson/index.html

Who placed the pipe bombs??? This has yet to be determined...

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US Capitol rioter who carried weapon loaded with hollow-point bullets pleads guilty [View all] Nevilledog Jun 2022 OP

Wonder the conditions of his plea agreement MagickMuffin Jun 2022 #1

Might be nice to have a guy like him taken out of circulation for 20 years. calimary Jun 2022 #2

And barred from voting...nt Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #5

If that's effective. calimary Jun 2022 #7

An important reminder: The insurrectionists prepared in advance... ultralite001 Jun 2022 #3

Hell...read what he said about Pelosi. He would have KILLED her if he could have found her. Bengus81 Jun 2022 #4

carlson, et al, keep with the 'not a single gun' lies, to provide comfort for some, empedocles Jun 2022 #6

And who was it that claimed that none of these 1/6 protesters carried no guns? This of ... SWBTATTReg Jun 2022 #8

They were all there to murder or be an accomplice to it, Bluethroughu Jun 2022 #9