"Only 75 people were arrested on the day of the Capitol siege, and police were not stopping and frisking random protesters. Yet the authorities still turned up a wide array of weapons among the tiny slice of protesters who were arrested before and after the Capitol invasion.The haul included an assault rifle, a crossbow and 11 Molotov cocktails — all found in the car of an Alabama man.Others had brass knuckles and pocket knives, stun guns and "stinger whips."In all, police recovered a dozen guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition from seven people who were arrested before and after the Capitol riot, according to a review of court documents. One man, Lonnie Coffman of Alabama, was found with a massive arsenal that included five guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, federal prosecutors say."
There is something visceral in the crossbow that makes this litany from the Book of Armaments feel deadlier.
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