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> The far-right Capitol rioters killed at least one officer Surprise! Months later it turns out he had died of natural causes: https://www.npr.org/2021/04/19/
by xienze 5y ago
> The far-right Capitol rioters killed at least one officer
Surprise! Months later it turns out he had died of natural causes: https://www.npr.org/2021/04/19/988876722/capitol-police-officer-brian-sicknick-died-of-natural-causes-medical-examiner-ru https://www.npr.org/2021/04/19/988876722/capitol-police-offi...
> Many were seriously armed.
Name the folks inside who were armed.
> It was an attempted coup of a democratic government.
I find it humorous how the same people who say the 2nd Amendment is useless because the US has tanks and nuclear bombs simultaneously believe that we were ->this<- close to having the government overthrown on January 6th without a single shot fired.
- EricE 5y ago>I find it humorous how the same people who say the 2nd Amendment is useless because the US has tanks and nuclear bombs simultaneously believe that we were ->this<- close to having the government overthrown on January 6th without a single shot fired. No kidding! Also all the handwringing over US citizens being in the people's house (ooh, the hubris!) when the same are utterly silent on the "summer of love" and mostly peaceful protests - give me a break.
- dang 5y agoPlease don't take HN threads further into political or ideological flamewar. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html