HOw many house members do you really think had guns? Would they have really joined in with the mob?

[demtenjeep]

would they actually shoot their collegues?

[bottomofthehill]

1. None and no

All bullshit and bravado

[demtenjeep]

3. I hope

but how can we be sure?

[doc03]

2. There is no doubt that one of the Trump Republicans would

shoot their colleagues.

[msongs]

4. wheelchair boy mighta gone for it. in honor of his idol adolf nt

[Irish_Dem]

5. Yes and possible.

A number of them knew what was going to happen, no way they would be without their guns.
We don't know what they would have done.

[Thomas Hurt]

6. If the cowards really believed their own 2nd Amendment bullshit....

they would have been defending their colleagues as the "good guy with a gun" right?

[mackdaddy]

7. I think every one who would not go through screening was packing.

I don't think they would have directly joined with the mob to do the shooting, but they might sure turn over 'high value' targeted politicians.

[Retrograde]

8. Boebert and Cawthorn: yes and probably

Green, the other nutcase from Colorado, and the nutcase from Arizona: probably and I don't know

Just speculation on my part, with no actual facts.

[Quixote1818]

9. It's possible Boebert, Green and Gohmert are that nuts. Gohmert is too much of a pussy though. nt

[Buzz cook]

10. They would have to make sure

that they were fully identified as "good guys" by the mob. If it just got out that they were congress critters, they might get torn apart.

As to them shooting democrats and rinos, pretty sure they would if they thought they'd get away with it.

[get the red out]

11. I underestimated the Trumpers

I didn't think enough of them would have the guts to break into the Capitol, and the madness and murder that followed, OMG. I have no idea what the extremist R's in the house would have done, might have just intimidated their fellows and basked in the adulations of the Visigoths. I wouldn't be surprised though if as many of them are packing as are NOT wearing masks! I don't put anything past anyone who plays any part in that "culture" at this point. And if someone has a gun on them, they are obviously more likely to use a gun than someone who doesn't.

[no_hypocrisy]

12. My guess is twofold:

As individuals, no, I don't believe the Trumpers would have entered the Capitol and wrecked mayhem.

But there's mob psychology where individuals relinquish their personal hesitations and follow the crowd.

[get the red out]

13. Agree

And it's a cult! True believers think any crimes they commit are for the "greater good". Apparently Qanon has run wild in this country, thanks to social media algorithms, and is mixing with other dangerous cultures like white supremacy. I figured there would be more lone Qanon attacks, like the well-armed guy who showed up at the pizza parlor, but I didn't realize the extent of this cult. We are going to have problems for quite a while, IMO.

[obamanut2012]

14. Boebert for sure, probably for Green, Brooks, and Goehemt

Madison the Nazi, possibly.

I can see Boebert being the one to put a bullet in the stomachs of the Squad, and demand on being the one to kill Pelosi. I mean that. Look at her background: she isn't crazy like I think Green and others are, she is a sociopathic fuck.