Rioters who love their guns could lose them if convicted of felonies in US Capitol siege

[DonViejo]

Bruce Vielmetti
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

MILWAUKEE – As charges continue to pile up against people who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, one of the consequences the defendants may face is the loss of the right to have guns.

While not every person involved in the riot is guaranteed to be affected, Trump support and Second Amendment enthusiasm often overlap, suggesting many of the nearly 100 charged – and hundreds more likely to be charged – may own firearms, even if they did not have them during the siege.

Conviction of even something as innocuous-sounding as "Knowingly Entering or Remaining in any Restricted Building or Grounds Without Lawful Authority" can bring 10 years in prison if the person carries a gun or dangerous weapon, or if the offense results in significant bodily injury.

Other charges filed so far against some of the intruders – such as felony theft of government property, assault on a federal law enforcement officer, carrying a gun on Capitol grounds – carry potentially severe penalties in addition to felon status.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/17/capitol-rioters-could-lose-gun-rights-if-convicted-federal-offense/4196291001/

[callous taoboy]

1. Don't take my pew-pew away.

[Wounded Bear]

2. Everyone convicted of participating in the insurrection should have all firearms confiscated...

and destroyed. Not resold for profit, destroyed. That includes every firearm in their possession.

Hell, that would probably get 100k weapons out of circulation, at least.

[Cobalt Violet]

3. Should sound better than could.

These are dangerous people.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. I can see those convicted continuing to own guns, weapons, etc.

albeit, not legally. They haven't endorsed any laws that restrict ownership.

As far as having their yellow card revoked, it's common knowledge that you don't have to go to a gun store to get firearms. Gun shows (although are there any during a Pandemic?), private homes, parking lots, etc. They'll find a way.

[Firestorm49]

5. Right. They'll give up their guns. Who's kidding who?

They’ll have a new batch the very next day.

I don’t know if news like this is intended to give us hope, because I’m too weathered after this past four years to take much of this seriously. Tell me the minimum sentence of an offender, not “he faces a maximum of three years in jail” when we all know it’s bullshit. The zip tie guy was sent to summer camp by a lenient judge. So much for a “potential $10,000 fine and three years in jail.”

[derby378]

6. If David Gregory could face trouble for displaying an AR magazine in DC...

...I have no problem with these jackasses facing charges for brandishing firearms at Capitol Hill. It's a no-brainer.

[tblue37]

7. And the right wingers will say they always knew a Democratic administration would

take away their guns.

[greenjar_01]

8. Apparently, it's tougher to restrict gun access than that

Even a felony conviction must be a certain kind and have particular features to trigger a gun restriction. We've really been taken over by gun-nutters of the worst kind.