# US Capitol under siege **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 6, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830 "2021-01-06T20:27:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 46
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/902 "2021-01-22T15:51:51Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Baloney. Everyone knows it’s the bad guy from the Zelda series. That… was honestly my first thought. I mean, I quickly grasped it must actually be unrelated and mean something else, but… yeah. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/903 "2021-01-22T20:22:29Z")
But the bad guy’s name is Gannon or Gannondorf. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/904 "2021-01-22T20:24:17Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > This OP is pretty sure there won’t be any more morons stirring up shit at the capitol any time soon, so, mods - feel free to close this. > Thanks everyone for contributing. HAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAH > **[GOP Rep. Andy Harris Tries To Bring Gun Into House Chamber](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-congressman-gun-andy-harris_n_600a0874c5b674575ae423ae)** > > Republicans keep complaining about the new metal detectors outside the House chamber. Now we know why. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/905 "2021-01-22T20:34:59Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The only problem with using “gammon” in the USA is that absolutely nobody knows what it really means. So the allusion is lost. > [@Hamlet](#): > > Baloney. Everyone knows it’s the bad guy from the Zelda series. No, he’s the Tauran guy hanging out in the bar in World of Warcraft that rogues used to have to pick-pocket during their leveling/training. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/906 "2021-01-22T20:40:08Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > > [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > > > This OP is pretty sure there won’t be any more morons stirring up shit at the capitol any time soon, so, mods - feel free to close this. > > Thanks everyone for contributing. > > HAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAH > > [GOP Rep. Andy Harris Tries To Bring Gun Into House Chamber | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-congressman-gun-andy-harris_n_600a0874c5b674575ae423ae) Dude has 25,000 armed National Guards protecting his ass and he still doesn’t feel safe without his penis extension? WTF is wrong with people. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/907 "2021-01-22T21:16:54Z")
But but but…he’s got to be in the same room as AOC. That’s scary stuff. If he votes against her motion requiring all house members to dance naked around a bonfire of bibles while hating God, she might press the button on her necklace that releases her from her human form and reveals her to be a shape-shifting alien lizard person. If lizard person AOC turns on Andy Harris with her fire and brimstone breath and laser beam eyes and her six arms with knife fingers, he’s gonna need his gun. He’s a smart man that thinks strategically- for a Republican. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/908 "2021-01-22T21:22:25Z")
AOC just stole my signature move. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/909 "2021-01-22T21:24:56Z")
Just when I thought I couldn’t love her more. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/910 "2021-01-22T21:27:18Z")
> [@mistymage](#): > > But the bad guy’s name is Gannon or Gannondorf. Yes, as I later determined. But when you haven’t played any of the games in a while, it’s not “Gannon,” it’s “…some weird name starting with a G that would sound like you’re mumbling if you said it out loud.” ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/911 "2021-01-22T21:53:26Z")
You’re not the only one that thought of the connection: > ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/912 "2021-01-22T21:58:59Z")
I somehow got gammon confused with some kind of pheasant like bird, and I was confused how that translated to describing a right wing extremist. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/913 "2021-01-22T22:14:38Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > > [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > > > This OP is pretty sure there won’t be any more morons stirring up shit at the capitol any time soon, so, mods - feel free to close this. > > Thanks everyone for contributing. > > HAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAH I saw something else in the news today or yesterday, some guy who was at the Insurrection who tried to go to the Inauguration and got caught and arrested. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/914 "2021-01-22T22:40:17Z")
I hadn’t realised that gammon wasn’t a term used in the US. Apparently it’s the equivalent of Virginia Ham. Virginia Ham as an insult doesn’t have the same ring to it. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/915 "2021-01-22T22:43:44Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > I hadn’t realised that gammon wasn’t a term used in the US. Apparently it’s the equivalent of Virginia Ham. Virginia Ham as an insult doesn’t have the same ring to it That’s what you think, you [checks forum] Virginia Ham! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/916 "2021-01-22T22:43:47Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > I hadn’t realised that gammon wasn’t a term used in the US. Apparently it’s the equivalent of Virginia Ham. Virginia Ham as an insult doesn’t have the same ring to it. It might if you’re living there (like, for college), but legally a resident of some other state. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/917 "2021-01-22T22:50:11Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [Huffpo article] Yeah, not really quite like what the 6th was. I’m sure whatever remaining issues can be covered in “The American Coup Fallout thread” or the “Did Trump protestors/insurrestionists shoot their wad?” thread. [/url] meh, YMMV, I’spose. But hey, fill your boots if folks still wanna do their thing here - figured I’d just float the suggestion by, that’s all. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/918 "2021-01-23T02:17:44Z")
Any Republican who feels they must bring a gun to protect themselves is thereby duty-bound to vote for impeachment. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/919 "2021-01-23T03:55:11Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > WTF is wrong with people. I wonder about this on a daily basis these days. If I brought a gun into my workplace I would be SO FIRED. Like, on the spot. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/920 "2021-01-23T13:43:21Z")
But they always hold their own rallies and conventions in venues which forbid guns, so how can they not understand? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830/921 "2021-01-23T16:18:37Z")
They understand perfectly well. Those “rules” apply to other people, not to me. And since I can’t trust that 100% of those other people follow the rules, they force me to violate the rules by being armed. It’s not even my fault I’m armed; it’s your fault I’m armed! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830.md?page=45) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-capitol-under-siege/929830.md?page=47)