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They brought no guns. But they used innocent items as weapons. A flag, how can a flag be used as a weapon? Maybe the pole that it is on? Sure was enough bear spray and mace used bu the tourists. Stun guns, pepper spray, baseball bats, pipes, flagpoles, batons, hockey stick (was that the Canadian?), wearing helmets and body-armor as if knowing that trouble might be had.A coup is the armed takeover of Government. Not one person was armed.
For all the talk of a coup, or insurrection, and all the video, no one was been charged with insurrection.
This was trespassing.
And if you can effect your outcome without killing people, well all the better. All they wanted to do is change the count so Trump remained president. They did not try to overthrow the government and sit in the seats themselves. they just did not like the other guy winning. So they tried to prevent that from happening. To give Mike Pence some spine to keep the presidency Republican. It was a coup because the people did not want the peaceful transfer of power to take place.