[sterlind]

Any one of those protestors could have brought in a bomb. They weren't exactly going through metal detectors. Given that a pipe bomb was found at the RNC, and a suspicious package of some sort at the DNC, I'm surprised someone didn't try. I wonder how worried security there was about explosive devices and weighing whether to open fire.

[seanp2k2]

Many of them were also carrying guns. No idea who thought it'd be a good idea to just stand down and let them in, but my guess is that making martyrs of them would push us closer to something like the beginning of a civil war.

[zionic]

And yet they didn’t. Consider the implications of that

[morsch]

We're at the stage where we're giving out merit awards for not bombing a seat of government after having stormed it?

[munk-a]

There were two IEDs discovered in the capital today - neither in the state house but still... super bad for security.

[Natsu]

One of those was at the RNC, I haven't heard of the other one yet.

[Shared404]

There was someone arrested with materials for Molotov cocktails.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/us/politics/pipe-bomb-rnc...

[blurbleblurble]

I believe there were full on bombs found, as in IEDs with electronic parts.