If people were told to leave their guns at home, it was to ensure that the police and security people would be reluctant to fire on them. Because the images of 'ordinary Americans' storming the Capitol to prevent the Deep State from installing a 'false' President were what they wanted. So they would inspire other 'ordinary Americans' to resist this 'bogus' government.

The aim was not to delay certification - a pointless exercise by then. It was to encourage the perception of Bidens' Presidency as illegitimate. Those images, along with all the 'evidence' of the 'stolen election', will rise up again in 2024. First to ensure that not one Republican voter will stay at home. Secondly to endure that certain elements of the Republican movement will do everything they can to make sure that Democrats don't get to vote.

Gerrymandering and voter suppression in Red states is already in full swing. But the myth of the 'stolen election' will be used to legitimise actions taken by right- wing groups to intimidate and harass Democratic voters in Blue states.

The 'master plan' was for 2024, to ensure that Trump, or his replacement, will be swept into power if not by the voters, then by an Electoral College too scared of the potential repercussions to do otherwise. To make the very notion of certifying a Democratic win too frightening to consider or allow. To create the idea that a large number of American people are prepared to violently resist the imposition of a Democratic President.