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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAttacking an FBI office in Indiana with a nail gun?
Trump's crazies have gone off the deep end. (And I don't believe this was someone who was testing a Home Depot nail gun before buying it.)
Let's face it. There's a 99% chance that this attack on the FBI was because of the raid on Mar-a-Lago. And I fear this won't be the last.
When Germany and Japan declared war on the United States, they probably didn't have a clue what they would be facing.
I don't believe our home-grown terrorists are fully aware of what they're facing.
They like to call themselves the "Real Americans." They like to call themeselves "The True Patriots." They like to call themselves "Trumpists."
They are the enemies of our country, our freedoms and our way of life. AND THEY ARE WELL DOWN THE ROAD TO DECLARING WAR ON AMERICA.
Time to end this shit. Time for the rest of us to stop making believe we're not in a Civil War. Time for our government to end these fascist pricks before they can cause any more damage to our country. I have maximum contempt for them and minimum concern for their survival.
They are trying to destroy America. Our patience should be at an end.
mercuryblues
(14,539 posts)for slaps on the wrist for J6 participants. Or the nutjobs threatening any Democratic Senator or Representative.
They need serious time with treason attached to them.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)This aint Field Of Dreams, assholes, you better not come.
Cyrano
(15,060 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,474 posts)KentuckyWoman
(6,694 posts)I only saw Cincy. Did they hit someplace in Indiana too?
maxsolomon
(33,400 posts)Or something like that
maxrandb
(15,358 posts)Tortue
(32 posts)History books will show that the first shot fired in "The Great MAGAt Civil War Failure" will be from gas fired, 50 shot, 16d framing nailer.
Further, the firing safety was bypassed with black electrical tape...
IjustDontlikeRepugs
(638 posts)He brought a nail gun to a FBI fight.
IrishAfricanAmerican
(3,818 posts)enki23
(7,790 posts).
Nevilledog
(51,200 posts)I'm thinking there's not a standoff if he only has a nail gun. That this is the lead strikes me as an attempt to minimize the seriousness.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)and "multiple weapons": https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/11/fbi-building-attacked-in-cincinnati-00051122
Whether he took them inside the building, I don't know, but that seems like he had a working real gun when he was in the car.
luvs2sing
(2,220 posts)spanone
(135,880 posts)brush
(53,871 posts)after hiding out in the cornfield for hours. Whether it's dead or alive is up to him. The same will happen to any camo-clad, militia group who gets up the nerve to grab their AR-15s to guard against the "tyranical" government.
They'll run around in the field for a week before giving up, exhausted, out of shape and just wanting to go home to mommy's basement.
Irish_Dem
(47,423 posts)He wants to burn it all down if he does not get his way.
Cyrano
(15,060 posts)And worst of all, there are countless Americans who will "follow the orders" of their "Dear Leader."
It's past time to start taking seriously that Trump and his minions want to "own" America. But it's become obvious that MAGA, et. al. are not just trying to disrupt our society. They want to own it.
They must be stopped now. Or we will all be their "property."
Irish_Dem
(47,423 posts)But he hides behind the First Amendment and his special status as a former president.
And gets away with it.
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)Long past time.
Irish_Dem
(47,423 posts)uponit7771
(90,364 posts)Jilly_in_VA
(9,998 posts)these guys were very bright. Dude wanted to be a martyr like St. Ashli I guess.
dameatball
(7,399 posts)SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)The way NPR was talking, the nutter was heavily armed and people were being told not to leave their homes.
Doesnt matter. This is where were headed, and if these morons want war, well, then, be careful what you wish for, idiots.
NutmegYankee
(16,201 posts)He posted on Truth Social just before he went to hell that he thought he had a method to defeat the bullet proof glass, and it didn't work. I guess the nailgun was his plan. Oh well, Satan has a new playtoy...
eppur_se_muova
(36,290 posts)He tweeted out something about this -- thought he had a way to get through bulletproof glass, but it didn't work.