He brought a sawed-off rifle to the Capitol on Jan. 6. Then he plotted to bomb Amazon data centers.

[reACTIONary]

Source: Washington Post

He brought a sawed-off rifle to the Capitol on Jan. 6. Then he plotted to bomb Amazon data centers.

For weeks this spring, 28-year-old Seth Aaron Pendley had plotted an attack on Amazon data centers in Virginia. He’d already taken a sawed-off rifle to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Now, he hoped to cripple much of the Internet and take down government networks.

Last April, he finally arranged a meeting with a man promising to provide the C4 explosive devices. When they met in Fort Worth, Tex., the man showed Pendley how to arm and detonate the powerful bombs.

But just as Pendley placed the devices into his Pontiac, federal agents swarmed in and arrested him. The bomb seller was actually an FBI plant who had helped unravel a plan Pendley believed could “kill off about 70 percent of the internet.”

On Wednesday, Pendley pleaded guilty to planning to bomb Amazon facilities in an attempt to undermine the U.S. government and to spark a rebellion against the “oligarchy” he believed to be running the country.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/06/10/seth-pendley-amazon-bomb-guilty/

[marble falls]

1. That cut rifle barrel might be the charge that really bites him on the ass. I hope it gives him ...

... a solid ten years.

[dweller]

3. a sawed off shotgun

is more deadly but what is the point of a sawed off rifle ?
Less accuracy?

✌🏻

[marble falls]

5. Being able to swing it around in a close environment. Easier to conceal. There are a few 'good' ...

... reasons, most of them Federal offenses.

Just cutting the barrel of shotguns is what got Ruby Ridge and the Branch Davidians visits from the Feds. We know how those turned out.

[OriginalGeek]

14. Worked great for Steve McQueen

[colorado_ufo]

17. Larger scatter pattern.

It becomes more a weapon of mass destruction than any used for hunting or otherwise.

[dweller]

19. with a shotgun yes

article says rifle …

✌🏻

[colorado_ufo]

27. Sorry, I automatically read "shotgun,"

as I am unfamiliar with a sawed off rifle and any benefit.

[bottomofthehill]

28. easier to conceal

[Dial H For Hero]

37. Other articles refer to it as a "sawed off AR rifle". I presume he didn't actually take a hacksaw

to it. His weapon was most likely an AR pistol with a brace such as this Ruger:



(I have one myself, they're quite popular)

By way of comparison, here's a standard Ruger AR-15:



The pistol is a bit more concealable, although it's still hard to imagine carrying it without anyone noticing.

[Dial H For Hero]

36. Only marginally so. The effects of short barreled shotguns are very much exaggerated in films and

literature.

Chopping off the barrel of a shotgun from 24" to 12" merely expands the scattering of the shot to the same degree as if one fired from one foot further away. To describe such a weapon as a "weapon of mass destruction" is, I'm afraid, quite hyperbolic. Such a weapon is, if anything, less effective, since the capacity of the magazine underneath the barrel would be reduced. The only real advantage would be that it would be somewhat concealable.

[canetoad]

35. Sawn off shotgun

Was a favourite of Aussie gangsters and crims for a long time because of our less-than-permissive firearm laws.

Easy to pose as a farmer with legit reasons. Chop off the barrell and stock to make it short enough to conceal under a coat.

[twodogsbarking]

2. Patriot.

Yeah, right.

[RicROC]

4. Bringing a sawed off shot gun and bombs to a peaceful rally seems to be oxymoronic.

[marble falls]

6. More moronic than anything though there's a good chance an Oxy addiction may well be a part of it.

[mopinko]

9. THIS

it's the elephant in the room.
that and roids. esp those leo's.
drug tests need to be a mandatory part of our justice system.

eta- for wypipo

[Scrivener7]

7. He's the one they caught.

[wnylib]

15. That was my first thought, too.

For every traitor domestic terrorist that is caught before being able to do harm, there are dozens more scheming to do the same. Some of them have some powerful backers and plotters for a larger, coordinated attack on us.

I remember the Clinton years, when many would be foreign-inspired terrorist bomb plots were discovered and stopped. Each time I thought, "Wow. We dodged a big one. How long before we miss one?"

Then 9/11 gave me the answer.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Are there MAGAt Groupies who follow these studs around?

I didn't think so. Their personalities say they're not getting any.

[mountain grammy]

10. Well, he's right about the oligarchy

but still a stupid dangerous magat.

[obamanut2012]

11. If they have any sawed off shotgun in possesion, he is fucked

[IronLionZion]

12. Good thing he's not a terrorist, and has no political or ideological views

[Lonestarblue]

13. He was just your typical tourist visiting the Capitol--a real patriot!

[onecaliberal]

16. BUt, but, but it was just an everyday touring of the capitol.

[lagomorph777]

18. There are dozens of data centers here in Northern VA; becoming core of the economy.

Also becoming a massive eyesore.

[GregW]

20. Seems a weird thing for a 'tourist' to do

Well, maybe normal for a MAGA 'tourist'

[patphil]

21. We spent all that time, money, and wasted human lives worrying about foreign terrorists.

Turns out the real threat is right here.
Good old white boy domestic terrorism.

[jsabrown]

22. Okay, that's kinda weird

Dude supported the Marmalade Mussolini AND opposed the oligarchy? Cognitive dissonance much?

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

23. He probably thought he would hurt Jeff Bezos' bottom line.

And MAGAts know their "god-emperor" doesn't like Bezos.

[Initech]

24. Frank Zappa:

"It should be clear that America's enemy is not those communists over there, but those deranged right wing lunatics over here."

So true!

[Kittycatkat]

33. Frank Zappa

"The universe consists of 5% protons, 5% neutrons, 5% electrons and 85% morons."

[Initech]

34. That is awesome!

[DFW]

25. Oh. Some private guy.

From the OP's title, I was expecting a Republican member of Congress

[seta1950]

26. And the gop

Is calling them ‘tourists’ 🤨

[Evolve Dammit]

29. Fine people on both sides....

[Justice matters.]

30. WTF can it be that a 28-y-o so wants to screw up his, and others, life like that?

Is it boring kindergarten?

Is it boring primary school?

Is it boring video games?

Is it boring high-school classes?

Is it bullyish social-media behavior?

Is it anything else?

Lock him up.

[drmeow]

32. well, he's right about the oligarchy part

He just mistook which side fosters it more!