Although Republican Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin recently claimed he didn’t think the January 6th domestic terrorist attack on the Capitol was an “armed insurrection,” police confiscated scores of weapons from the attackers, CNN reports.
Police confiscated a baseball bat, a fire extinguisher, a wooden club, a spear, crutches, a flagpole, bear spray, mace, chemical irritants, stolen police shields, a wooden beam, a hockey stick, a stun gun, and knives.
Police arrested Christopher Alberts of Maryland as he left the Capitol building for having a handgun on him. He tried to flee, but was caught by police. He also had 25 rounds of ammunition on him.
Arrested before the attack on the Capitol, 70-year-old Lonnie Coffman of Alabama was found with what one judge called a “small armory” that included three guns, 11 Molotov cocktails, a crossbow with bolts, smoke bombs and a stun gun, according to court documents.
Another man, according to MSNBC, carried a lacrosse stick to the rally and attached a Confederate flag to it. He later used the stick to beat police officers at he stormed the Capitol.