Well!

He'll have lots of time to think about what he's done.

He's lucky.  The feds asked for 25 years.

Thread starts here.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE 05:49 pm:  Meggs sentenced.

Justice delayed is justice denied

Never forget

The threat remains. 

Speaking of Missouri

A 36-year-old man from Missouri who prosecutors allege left a loaded pistol on U.S. Capitol grounds amid the rioting on Jan. 6, 2021 is facing multiple charges.A criminal complaint alleges that Jerod Thomas Bargar illegally traveled across state lines with a 9-millimeter semi-automatic pistol and had it with him while on Capitol grounds the day of the riot.

Bargar told authorities that he had been on Capitol grounds on the day of the riot, but asserted that he did not enter the building itself, officials said.

He later said that he had had the pistol on him on Jan. 6, though he was not licensed to carry in Washington, D.C., according to court documents, with prosecutors saying he “stated that he did not know at the time he travelled to Washington, D.C. that it was illegal to possess a handgun in Washington, D.C. or on Federal property.”

  The Hill

Ignorance of the law is no defense. Also, idiot.

Bargar is charged with entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon; unlawful possession of a firearm on Capitol grounds or buildings; unlawful possession a pistol outside their home or place of business in the District of Columbia without a valid license and registration certificate issued by the District of Columbia; and unlawful possession, sell, or transfer of any large-capacity ammunition feeding device in the D.C.

I want to know how he "left" it there. Here's the brilliant Jerod proud of himself on January 6...

"Parcially"

A later examination of Bargar’s Facebook account, the charging document said, showed he had made some alterations.

“He had changed the name on the account to Thomas Bargar, and the place of residence to New Jersey.”

[...]

The firearm was a 9mm semi-automatic pistol “held in a distinctive holster that displayed an image of the American flag and had the words ‘We The People’ written on it,” the charging document said.

[...]

The firearm contained one 9mm cartridge stamped “WIN 9mm LUGER” in the chamber and approximately 15 9mm cartridges in the magazine, the document said, with a total capacity of more than 10 rounds.

  AOL

He had a fucking bullet in the fucking chamber.

Bargar, 36, is the 23rd Missouri resident to be charged in connection with the Capitol riot.

Now I want to know the breakdown of the various states' participants.

“Bargar stated that he did not enter the Capitol building or participate in illegal activity because he knew where the ‘line’ was” and that it “was obvious officers were trying to keep protesters out,” the document said.

Then WTF did he bring a loaded semi-automatic for? That wasn't over the line? Did he think there would be no police protection against armed insurrectionists?

“Bargar stated that he is always armed and wanted to be armed when he went to the ‘belly of the beast’ for his own ‘self-protection.’”

[...]

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives conducted a search based on the serial number, and the results gave the owner’s name as someone with the initials “D.F.”

FBI agents interviewed “D.F.” at his home in Missouri on June 14, 2021, the document said. The man told agents he hadn’t owned the firearm for several years and couldn’t remember whether he’d sold it or pawned it. He gave them the name of a Jefferson City pawn shop. Agents went to the shop two days later and were told that “D.F.” had pawned the firearm in November 2011 and that it was purchased by “R.N.” that same month.

On July 13, 2021, the document said, FBI agents interviewed “R.N.” at his Missouri home. He said he’d given the firearm to his stepson, Jerod Bargar, about a year-and-a-half earlier.

[...]

Bargar told agents that he and his friend were at the Capitol on Jan. 6 and were in a group of protesters outside the building when police began to spray tear gas and deploy other munitions into the crowd. He said a woman was knocked to the ground, and he and his friend helped her up. Soon after that, he said, he realized he had lost his firearm.

Jesus. Not a lot of protection if you can't even keep up with your gun. So now we know how he came to leave it there.  As to where the insurrectionists hail from...

The 377 people did not come from pro-Trump counties. In fact, the majority of them came from “blue counties that [Joe] Biden won comfortably,” Pape found. But he also analyzed recent demographic changes in the home counties of the protesters, leading him to this finding:

“By far the most interesting characteristic common to the insurrectionists’ backgrounds has to do with changes in their local demographics: Counties with the most significant declines in the non-Hispanic White population are the most likely to produce insurrectionists who now face charges.”

  MinnPost

I didn't find the state by state breakdown. You'd think someone would have published that. There's a searchable DOJ tracker of charged individuals showing where the arrests were made.  I don't want my question answered badly enough to make the compilation myself.

....but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

2nd 5-year sentence for Capitol riot

“He did so with no intent to do anything but add his voice to the vocal protests over the injustice he perceived had happened in the election,” the lawyer added. “Unfortunately, he got caught up in the riotous atmosphere of the crowd and erroneously perceived the police as standing in the way of the crowd’s desire to protest the election results.”

  alJazeera

And, as you do when you "get caught up":

The prison sentences for Ponder and Palmer may not be the lengthiest for much longer. Prosecutors are seeking a 15-year prison sentence for Guy Reffitt, a Texas man who was convicted of storming the Capitol with a holstered handgun. US District Judge Dabney Friedrich is scheduled to sentence Reffitt on Monday.

Peaceful tourists - Part 2

Coup evidence

Jan 6 was NOT a bunch of patriotic tourists who just got caught up in the moment.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Yes, it was an armed insurrection

If you don't believe flag poles and other battering objects were "arms", how about this....

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

It WAS an attempted coup, and it WAS armed

Evidence of numerous firearms among January 6 perpetrators shows those claims to be false. A Mother Jones investigation drawing on public video footage, congressional testimony, and documents from more than a dozen federal criminal cases reveals that various Trump supporters descended on DC that day armed for battle with guns and other potentially lethal weapons. At least three people arrested in connection with the insurrection are facing charges for carrying firearms on Capitol grounds. At least eight others carried knives or tasers at the Capitol, including two defendants who allegedly committed assaults with tasers, according to FBI and court documents. Multiple others arrested downtown and in the vicinity of the Capitol had rifles, pistols, explosive materials, and large supplies of ammunition. And communications among numerous January 6 suspects detailed in court documents indicate that many of their fellow insurrectionists were armed with guns.

  Mother Jones

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.