1) Shots were fired by law enforcement.It appears we have a disagreement on what an armed insurrection is.
How many shots were fired and by who?
How many firearms were confiscated at the event?
How many members of congress were directly confronted?
Why were the insurrectionists taking selfies and posting them on social media?
2) Firearms were not confiscated at the event, but subsequent legal proceedings have confirmed that numerous insurrectionists brought guns into the capitol during their attack, not to mention tons of other weapons they had and used against law enforcement when the insurrectionists tried to kill the vice president and members of Congress. I am sure you agree that it doesn't matter if they were confiscated at the time, only that the insurrectionists brought firearms into the capitol. Agree?
Here is one example of many: https://www.justice.gov/opa/page/file/1356111/download
3) They weren't confronted because police fought off the insurrection long enough for them to escape and/or hide from the assault. Why would the fact that the insurrection failed matter as to if it were an insurrection or not?
4) They are stupid.
The people who actually engaged in the insurrection disagree with you - we have documented proof that their goal was to capture and/or kill members of Congress to stop the peaceful transfer of power. I mean there are literally voluminous legal documents from the various cases that show the insurrectionists had a very clear plan. Are you saying the court documents are wrong?I stand by my opinion, it was a riot. There was no consolidated effort to achieve a goal. There were no defined operational parameters, there was no clear organization.
I've said it again and again, my boy scout troop could have planed and executed a far more successful operation. This was a pack of fired up idiots that once again prove my theory that as the number of people in an angry group increases, the average IQ decreases.
Stupid people do stupid things, this is axiomatic. It's so fundamental to the human condition that we don't address the issue, we simply make laws to try and control the idiots.
For example: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/04/us/politics/oath-keepers-rhodes-trial-texts.html
Finally, and most importantly, forget everything else we're saying here - you would agree that an armed attempt to prevent the peaceful transfer of power is a coup attempt, right? (by the way this is a trap, if you agree to this you will be eventually forced to agree it was a coup attempt)