Update: According to Lane County Jail records, the counter-protester who was arrested has been identified as Jonathan James Wisbey. Wisbey, age 51, was charged with 1st Degree Menacing, 2nd Degree …
Hey, JP - That's a great outfit. How much do clothes cost in The Matrix?
On a serious note:
Just another example of these far right asshats being violent, and the protesters they're trying to attack showing restraint and peacefully detaining them.
Whatever thing that guy had, it looks like a real gun. He's lucky he didn't get capped as soon as he started firing it.
OK...? And cops shoot black teenagers for holding cans of Arizona Iced Tea, claiming they thought it was a firearm.
This dude had a literal replica of a firearm. He brandished it like a firearm, and threatened peaceful protestors. Whether or not the gun was real isn't super relevant at this point.
Any bystander would have been justified in lighting that dude up the second that gun was visible. For example, if the camera was a gun it'd be privileged self defense and defense of others.
I googled "splatter ball gun" and everything looked like a toy. This looked either like a real firearm, a replica or a replica airsoft gun. Either way, it looks real without a close inspection.
You're assuming they convict him of a crime sufficient to strip his voting rights. Frankly, I'm surprised they even arrested him after they got the mask off and saw he was white.
Another relevant saying is: curiosity killed the cat.
This dude had to know he's an uneducated dope with no significant experience or knowledge in law, politics or foreign policy. Who tricked him into thinking he knows shit about shit in the first place?