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Do not call what Eric Munchel is carrying "zip ties". (Original Post) melman Jan 2021 OP
I like how these dumbasses think that hiding their face is going to protect them vercetti2021 Jan 2021 #1
Every one of them has photos of them posing with guns. BusyBeingBest Jan 2021 #5
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2021 #7
LOL, yep. Good eye! BusyBeingBest Jan 2021 #10
I think some of them thought Trump gldstwmn Jan 2021 #36
He was there to fuck someone up. BusyBeingBest Jan 2021 #2
hope they getting a warrant for his residence etc nt msongs Jan 2021 #3
Does the posession of these flex cuffs indicate intent Flaleftist Jan 2021 #4
Well it looks like premeditated planning. lunatica Jan 2021 #35
Though some say they might have been taken from a police bag that was unattended in the capitol soothsayer Jan 2021 #39
They must have just jumped into his hands. lunatica Jan 2021 #42
he was going to give them to onethatcares Jan 2021 #61
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jan 2021 #6
Eric Munchel from Nashville TN dalton99a Jan 2021 #8
Picture gives me a flashback to Oswald, holding up his gun and displaying a Communist newspaper. Midnight Writer Jan 2021 #13
Nice place underpants Jan 2021 #16
Oh look bootleg Rambo vercetti2021 Jan 2021 #19
He's single ladies! gldstwmn Jan 2021 #37
Hmmm, do you think there might be a reason for his being single? pazzyanne Jan 2021 #49
Heads up ladies!!! He's siiinngggllllleeee!!! Takket Jan 2021 #45
Look's like Doc Ford's Rum Bar & Grille needs a new bartender. nt Gore1FL Jan 2021 #48
LOL such a high achiever. onetexan Jan 2021 #51
another violent white incel teRrorist fantasizing... Lock him up. Jan 2021 #56
Deranged and dangerous. Johnny2X2X Jan 2021 #9
There is another Eric Munchel exboyfil Jan 2021 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author LeftInTX Jan 2021 #14
Its looking like BGBD Jan 2021 #12
so they stole them. uncle ray Jan 2021 #21
You can see it BGBD Jan 2021 #38
This the what the box is in the bag Ellipsis Jan 2021 #47
Convenient story - he just found the zip ties exboyfil Jan 2021 #15
A load of BS that will be decimated in court. Denzil_DC Jan 2021 #20
Pretty sure this is him. Look at the neck! LeftInTX Jan 2021 #17
Is that a sawed off shotgun? NutmegYankee Jan 2021 #18
Sure looks like it AmyStrange Jan 2021 #23
Actually, I think it's legal in most states. Sooner or later, we better stop Hoyt Jan 2021 #24
Federal law requires a minimum 18" barrel. NutmegYankee Jan 2021 #28
I think the barrel is that long. The incel gun-humper's has a pistol grip. Hoyt Jan 2021 #29
On a Remington 870 style shotgun, the barrel needs to be longer than the pump action. NutmegYankee Jan 2021 #31
This Charles Daly Honcho BGBD Jan 2021 #40
Good eye! WA-03 Democrat Jan 2021 #26
Sorry duplicate post Hoyt Jan 2021 #27
You know, the Trumpzis are getting to be like the Interahamwe of Rwanda in the 90s NutmegYankee Jan 2021 #30
I'll stick with my rod/staff and machetes, and other security measures. I refuse Hoyt Jan 2021 #33
Fair enough. NutmegYankee Jan 2021 #41
Sorry, we wouldn't be in this position if gunz were restricted. Because you Hoyt Jan 2021 #44
"can't walk out the door without a gun" NutmegYankee Jan 2021 #46
I don't think they are WA-03 Democrat Jan 2021 #32
This is what the guy appears to be playing with a gun fueled orgy. Hoyt Jan 2021 #63
Hard to say. LudwigPastorius Jan 2021 #54
I guess people change their hair LOL LeftInTX Jan 2021 #22
This guy managed to grab a livestream from Munchel's FB melman Jan 2021 #25
Hope he says it's our house'' as they escort him into prison malaise Jan 2021 #62
We have a name. gldstwmn Jan 2021 #34
Lock this asshole up Gothmog Jan 2021 #43
Finally ID'd! Wawannabe Jan 2021 #50
Is there such a thing as testosterone poisoning? BigmanPigman Jan 2021 #52
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Jan 2021 #53
Glad they ID'ed his sick ass orangecrush Jan 2021 #55
Now they need to find it 'n cuff it. Lock him up. Jan 2021 #57
So THATs what them thar Anteefas look like. live love laugh Jan 2021 #58
Yep. dalton99a Jan 2021 #59
Last night it was reported that these flex cuffs were DeminPennswoods Jan 2021 #60
 

vercetti2021

(10,481 posts)
1. I like how these dumbasses think that hiding their face is going to protect them
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 12:50 AM
Jan 2021

There's always going to be somebody that's going to sell you out motherfucker. Enjoy your prison sentence

BusyBeingBest

(9,173 posts)
5. Every one of them has photos of them posing with guns.
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 12:54 AM
Jan 2021

Fucking nutters, got bored at home just posing, I guess.

Response to BusyBeingBest (Reply #5)

gldstwmn

(4,575 posts)
36. I think some of them thought Trump
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 01:39 AM
Jan 2021

Would save that. Jail, loss of livelihoods and years of legal bills may offer a different perspective.

Flaleftist

(3,473 posts)
4. Does the posession of these flex cuffs indicate intent
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 12:53 AM
Jan 2021

than can bring more serious charges than the others who entered the Capitol?

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
39. Though some say they might have been taken from a police bag that was unattended in the capitol
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 01:52 AM
Jan 2021

But I sure don’t like it

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
42. They must have just jumped into his hands.
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 01:57 AM
Jan 2021

The thought never crossed his mind. Er, mindless.

onethatcares

(17,001 posts)
61. he was going to give them to
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 09:44 AM
Jan 2021

the first LEO he saw but he put them in his sleeve and forgot they were there.......coulda happened to anyone.

Response to melman (Original post)

Midnight Writer

(25,539 posts)
13. Picture gives me a flashback to Oswald, holding up his gun and displaying a Communist newspaper.
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 01:04 AM
Jan 2021

This guy is holding his gun and displaying The Trump Show.

 

vercetti2021

(10,481 posts)
19. Oh look bootleg Rambo
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 01:10 AM
Jan 2021

Sadly he disabled his Facebook. I had a good comment to drop on him

exboyfil

(18,366 posts)
11. There is another Eric Munchel
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 12:59 AM
Jan 2021

I was reading through Facebook. He is just a normal guy - a chef. His friends were kidding him and telling him to lock down his account. He is not political, but you can tell he wasn't happy about the coup attempt.

Response to exboyfil (Reply #11)

 

BGBD

(3,282 posts)
12. Its looking like
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 01:00 AM
Jan 2021

Those ties were taken out of a Capitol Police riot bag that had a bunch of them in it. So, it doesn't look like they carried them 8n with them, but they did decide to pick them up and take them for some reason.

uncle ray

(3,361 posts)
21. so they stole them.
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 01:13 AM
Jan 2021

i suppose the gun fell out of a cops pocket too. or taser, whatever the fuck it is.

 

BGBD

(3,282 posts)
38. You can see it
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 01:41 AM
Jan 2021

on his hip on the way in. I thought it was a gun from the first looks but the one that shows it best does look more like a taser, although it could be a sub-compact pistol. The photo I saw a little earlier of him and his mom on the yard made it look more like a taser than any other I'd seen.

This thread shows the bag where the wrist restraints likely came from.




It matches a CP bag seen in a picture below it on the thread.

They probably had it there and it got abandoned in the rush and then looted.

exboyfil

(18,366 posts)
15. Convenient story - he just found the zip ties
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 01:05 AM
Jan 2021
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/an-air-force-combat-veteran-breached-the-senate

Brock denied that he had entered Pelosi’s office suite, saying that he “stopped five to ten feet ahead of the sign” bearing her title that insurrectionists later tore down and brandished. However, in the ITV video, he appears to emerge from the suite. Brock said that he had worn tactical gear because “I didn’t want to get stabbed or hurt,” citing “B.L.M. and Antifa” as potential aggressors. He claimed that he had found the zip-tie handcuffs on the floor. “I wish I had not picked those up,” he told me. “My thought process there was I would pick them up and give them to an officer when I see one. . . . I didn’t do that because I had put them in my coat, and I honestly forgot about them.” He also said that he was opposed to vandalizing the building, and was dismayed when he learned of the extent of the destruction. “I know it looks menacing,” he told me. “That was not my intent.”

Denzil_DC

(9,168 posts)
20. A load of BS that will be decimated in court.
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 01:11 AM
Jan 2021

On TV shown emerging from Pelosi's office, and both he and Munchel were photographed wandering round with the cuffs in hand as if ready to be used.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
24. Actually, I think it's legal in most states. Sooner or later, we better stop
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 01:16 AM
Jan 2021

this gun crud.

NutmegYankee

(16,480 posts)
31. On a Remington 870 style shotgun, the barrel needs to be longer than the pump action.
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 01:26 AM
Jan 2021

Most shotguns are 22" long and they extend well beyond the pump/stock.

 

BGBD

(3,282 posts)
40. This Charles Daly Honcho
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 01:53 AM
Jan 2021

can be bought with a 14" barrel.

https://www.rkguns.com/charles-daly-honcho-tactical-20-gauge-pump-action-5rd-14-shotgun-cf930-156.html

The thing about that gun is that it isn't designed to be fired from the shoulder, so I think the minimum barrel length doesn't matter under NFA and instead the overall length of the gun must be more than 26 inches.

WA-03 Democrat

(3,360 posts)
26. Good eye!
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 01:20 AM
Jan 2021

Sure look like it. Don’t pose for pictures or selfies with illegal weapons is the teachable moment here.

NutmegYankee

(16,480 posts)
30. You know, the Trumpzis are getting to be like the Interahamwe of Rwanda in the 90s
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 01:24 AM
Jan 2021

And you and I sure look like Tutsi to them. I know you hate guns, but it wouldn't hurt to have some defense capabilities when the other side is openly advocating genocide.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
33. I'll stick with my rod/staff and machetes, and other security measures. I refuse
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 01:30 AM
Jan 2021

to be like them.

NutmegYankee

(16,480 posts)
41. Fair enough.
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 01:54 AM
Jan 2021

But please respect that some of us want to maximize our chances of survival. I'm not going to win hand to hand combat with Degenerate Disk Disease.

We don't carry guns around for intimidation, but I do want to be able to avoid being hacked to death in my bedroom. I respect your choices, please respect mine.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
44. Sorry, we wouldn't be in this position if gunz were restricted. Because you
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 02:17 AM
Jan 2021

can’t walk out the door without a gun, or two, strapped to your body, we have to deal with these threats to society.

They wouldn’t be this brazen without gunz. It’s just going to get worse, more school kids are going to get killed, domestic violence will continue, police will shot people reaching for their wallets and get away with it because it could have been a gun, racists will continue killing innocent people, criminals will still gunz bought by supposed “responsible” gun owners, etc.


Sorry, but you brought it up to promote gun ownership. How about doing something for society. Leave your gunz at home (where they belong), support restrictions on semi-auto weapons and public toting especially at peaceful protests.

I don’t care if you or anyone else has a defense weapon at home, but anything more than that is just selfish and not in best interest of society.


Again, sorry, but I’m in no mood for people promoting gunz, and using this crud to do so.

WA-03 Democrat

(3,360 posts)
32. I don't think they are
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 01:27 AM
Jan 2021

Under the National Firearms Act (NFA), it is illegal for a private citizen to possess a sawed-off modern smokeless powder shotgun (a shotgun with a barrel length shorter than 18 inches (46 cm) or a minimum overall length of the weapon, total, including the 18-inch minimum barrel, of under 26 inches (66 cm))

We have to measure his but it look very short and yes the pistol grip adds to the short effect. He’s taking hand cuffs into the Capital. I going to bet he thinks he can do what whatever he wants with immunity.

LudwigPastorius

(14,837 posts)
54. Hard to say.
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 03:30 AM
Jan 2021

My guess is that the rest of the barrel continues out of frame of the picture.


Then again, anyone stupid enough to violently force their way into the Capitol building is also stupid enough to own one, or more, illegal weapons.

LeftInTX

(34,547 posts)
22. I guess people change their hair LOL
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 01:14 AM
Jan 2021

Last edited Sat Jan 9, 2021, 08:01 AM - Edit history (1)

Self delete...don't know if it's him

Response to melman (Original post)

DeminPennswoods

(17,546 posts)
60. Last night it was reported that these flex cuffs were
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 09:38 AM
Jan 2021

actually from the storage area of the Capitol Police. Apparently the rioters broke into it, found these and took them.

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