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blogslug

(39,167 posts)
Thu Aug 11, 2022, 08:14 PM Aug 2022

That deceased brain genius thought he could shoot through bulletproof glass with a nail gun

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/man-fired-nail-gun-fbi-building-called-violence-days-mar-lago-search-rcna42749

A man identified by two law enforcement sources as Ricky Shiffer, who died in a confrontation with police after firing a nail gun at an FBI Cincinnati building, appeared to post online in recent days about his desire to kill FBI agents shortly after former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence was searched.

Two law enforcement officials confirmed Shiffer’s name to NBC News. Shiffer attended the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, according to three people aiding law enforcement who saw him in photos taken from the day of the attack, however it’s unclear if he went inside the building. Shiffer frequently posted about his attendance at the Capitol on social media.

On Truth Social, a social media platform founded by Trump’s media company, Trump Media & Technology Group, Shiffer appeared to have posted a message detailing his failed attempt to gain entry to the FBI building.

“Well, I thought I had a way through bullet proof glass, and I didn’t. If you don’t hear from me, it is true I tried attacking the F.B.I., and it’ll mean either I was taken off the internet, the F.B.I. got me, or they sent the regular cops while,” the account @RickyWShifferJr wrote at 9:29 a.m. ET, shortly after police allege the shooting occured...
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That deceased brain genius thought he could shoot through bulletproof glass with a nail gun (Original Post) blogslug Aug 2022 OP
This fucking MAGA't "genius" was posting while running from the cops? MarineCombatEngineer Aug 2022 #1
Lack of critical thinking EnergizedLib Aug 2022 #2
He read about it on the internet. Imagine his surprise. He thought he was firing the first nail ... marble falls Aug 2022 #3

MarineCombatEngineer

(18,060 posts)
1. This fucking MAGA't "genius" was posting while running from the cops?
Thu Aug 11, 2022, 08:18 PM
Aug 2022


He was on a one way ride to hell, he had no intention of surrendering.

He probably thought his attack would signal the start of the "revolution".

He thought wrong.

EnergizedLib

(3,040 posts)
2. Lack of critical thinking
Thu Aug 11, 2022, 08:33 PM
Aug 2022

Will ultimately doom any mob or uprising. Sure, they’ll try, but how do you successfully revolt with a lack of brains? How could Washington, Grant, Pershing, Patton, Eisenhower McArthur have succeeded if they didn’t have the tact or the intellect and with good strategy?

I’m willing to bet they were a tad smarter than these people.

marble falls

(71,926 posts)
3. He read about it on the internet. Imagine his surprise. He thought he was firing the first nail ...
Thu Aug 11, 2022, 08:59 PM
Aug 2022

... in the new civil war. In fifteen, twenty years from now there will be sitcoms about these people.

Maybe some end-timers coming down offa mountain.

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