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by pjc50 1653 days ago
> There were no guns

As a non-American who's overexposed to second amendment rants, I'm slightly baffled as to why there weren't any guns. The sheer incoherence of the protesters may have been a factor.

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> I'm slightly baffled as to why there weren't any guns.

There were guns. And bombs. And...

There was perhaps insufficient organization for the armed participants to employ them effectively.

Where did you hear that there were bombs?
https://www.foxnews.com/us/fbi-dc-pipe-bomb-suspect-capitol-...

edit: I see in a sibling thread that you have changed your goalpost to be "bomb in the capitol". I tried being reasonable but you don't want to listen to reason.

edit 2: The person you replied to didn't explicitly specify the location, but reporting on these bombs found at the RNC and DNC headquarters was widespread. A good-faith assumption would have been that they were talking about what was widely reported on and didn't feel the need to justify details to someone who is being needlessly pedantic to try and trip people over their own words.

Did you at least learning something new here? About the bombs?

The person I was responding to claimed there were bombs.

I was just asking them to clarify.

The link you posted shows bombs around D.C. but not at the capitol and there's no clear connection to any organized group or the protests.

Any links that show there were bombs at the capitol building or grounds or that the bombs were confirmed to be connected to the protests?

You mean the bombs at DNC and RNC HQ, or the ones that Lonny Leroy Coffman confessed to bringing, along with firearms, to Capitol Hill?
No I mean confirmed bombs found in the capitol or near the capitol.
Coffman's truck was, and the DNC and RNC where the bombs were placed are, all near the Capitol.
Ok. But no confirmed bombs on the capital grounds or in the capital and no confirmed connection between those bombs and the protesters?