Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol
by CydeWeys on Saturday January 23, 2021 @11:47AM
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Walking around with a gun in DC is an automatic felony with potentially years in jail, especially if it's in connection with a violent act which this insurrection was. DC is not a gun-friendly place. These people were stupid, but not that stupid.
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Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol
by caseysoftware on Saturday January 23, 2021 @12:05PM
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To make sure I understand you: Your claim is that a bunch of people showed up to violently overthrow the government but didn't bring guns because that would be illegal?
Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol
by KMag on Saturday January 23, 2021 @02:13PM
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They were deluded by their political puppet masters into thinking they were actually showing up to defend the constitution by intimidating corrupt politicians who knew they were corrupt.
They didn't bring guns because their goal wasn't to overthrow the government.
Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol
by sneak on Saturday January 23, 2021 @12:20PM
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They didn't show up to violently overthrow the government, they showed up to violently overturn the results of a specific election.
There's a subtle but extremely important difference. Perhaps they are entirely equivalent to you, but they were not at all to the rioters/attackers.
What they did was crime, not war.