so, what was that about 'no arms brought to jan 6th insurrection'?

[butters]

according to Politico, 56-year-old Indiana resident Mark Mazza — one of the defendants charged with bringing a gun to the Capitol that day — has implied to investigators that he would have committed violence against Pelosi had he been able to get to her.

Politico's Kyle Cheney is reporting, "An Indiana man charged with carrying a loaded firearm to the Capitol on January 6 told investigators that if he had found Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 'you'd be here for another reason,' according to court documents posted over the weekend. Mark Mazza, 56, is the latest of about half a dozen January 6 defendants charged with bringing a gun to the Capitol. In this case, Mazza allegedly carried a Taurus revolver known as 'The Judge,' which is capable of firing shotgun shells — two of which were in the chamber, along with three hollow-point bullets. A Capitol Police sergeant obtained the weapon after allegedly fending off an assault from Mazza."

https://www.alternet.org/2021/11/nancy-pelosi-capitol-riot/

Though reports of rioters charged with carrying firearms have been limited, the number has been steadily climbing. A former DEA agent brandished his service weapon outside the Capitol. A Texas man was charged with bringing a handgun as well. Leaders of the Oath Keepers charged with conspiring to prevent Congress from certifying the 2020 election aren’t facing firearms charges, but prosecutors have pieced together evidence suggesting they kept a stockpile of weapons at a hotel in nearby Arlington, Va.

The mounting evidence has undercut claims by former President Donald Trump and his allies that the mob attacking the Capitol was unarmed. In addition to the growing number of firearms authorities suspect were carried onto Capitol grounds, rioters brought knives, axes, batons, tasers, bats, poles and even a crutch and hockey stick. Others stole police shields and used metal barricades and furniture as makeshift weapons.

But Mazza’s case is the most clear-cut yet of a loaded firearm on Capitol grounds that day. Prosecutors obtained the gun from the alleged assailant himself and used its serial number to trace it back to him. They located Mazza after learning that on Jan. 8, Mazza himself reported the gun stolen to local authorities. He told the Shelbyville police that it was taken from his car on Jan. 5 while he was driving through Ohio. Mazza’s report was entered into a national database, which Capitol Police accessed as they attempted to find the gun’s owner.

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/22/man-charged-loaded-firearm-capitol-riot-523178

 

[pecksniff]

Did anyone imagine they would do something like that and not bring any weapons?

 

[LincolnDuncan]

One guy who got busted had guns and Molotov cocktails in his car. Sounds like a patriot who backs the blue.

 

[YDB95]

Did anyone imagine they would do something like that and not bring any weapons?

You know as well as I there are several people right here on Lit who insist on imagining that!