# Jan 6- Insurgency? Coup? Unarmed Riot? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [December 5, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-insurgency-coup-unarmed-riot/1011206 "2024-12-05T16:25:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2024, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-insurgency-coup-unarmed-riot/1011206/12 "2024-12-06T12:48:07Z")
I responded to that point twice in the old thread- > [@Ohio's anti-trans brigade continues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohios-anti-trans-brigade-continues/1010861/141): > > It was an attempt by an armed group to enter the seat of the legislative branch by force and overturn the results of a legitimate Presidential election. That it failed is not relevant. That is was destined to fail is not relevant. OTTOMH Earlier this year, the FBI announced the arrest of a would be terrorist. He had become radicalized and sought out infrormation on how to make an improvised explosive device and where to buy chemicals to make explosives on the internet. He thought he had found … and again > [@Ohio's anti-trans brigade continues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohios-anti-trans-brigade-continues/1010861/143): > > Two Things I have sent a message to the mods requesting this discussion of Jan 6 be spun off into its own thread. And One of the recent assasination attempts on Trump was as follows- Reasoning, correctly IMO, that he coud not make it past the security checkpoints and metal detectors with a gun, a man came up with a plan to kill Trump. He would enter without a weapon. Then, he would take a pistol from one of the armed security personell. Once he had the pistol, he would shoot and kill Trump. … --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jan-6-insurgency-coup-unarmed-riot/1011206)._