An FBI “red cell” report predicted that law enforcement action and a “lack of coordination” between groups would prevent widespread violence in response to a disputed election.

One week before Election Day 2020 and just over two months before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, an internal FBI analysis concluded that domestic violent extremists were “very willing to take action” in response to a disputed election but that “law enforcement preemption” and the “disorganization” of extremist groups “likely would hinder widespread violence.”

The so-called red cell report — the type of exercise that became widespread after the federal government’s Sept. 11 intelligence failures and are meant to challenge conventional wisdom and encourage outside-the-box thinking — was titled “Alternative Analysis: Potential Scenarios for Reactions of Domestic Violent Extremists to a Disputed 2020 US Presidential Election.” NBC News obtained a redacted copy of the report through a Freedom of Information Act request.

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    I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Trump and his cult are the single greatest argument for 2A rights this country has ever seen.

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      A fascist once said that all power comes from the barrel of a gun. That’s why they want to ban guns make sure only the police have guns.

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          Yes they do. They want guns for their “civil militia”, but not for Black people.

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          Find yourself a right wing gun community and make a comment asking if POC and trans people should have guns too. Guarantee you’ll have several fashy but jobs saying yes no

          Edit: don’t Lemmy while tired, kids