Brandon Fellows, 30, spent several years in jail on charges linked to the January 6 Capitol insurrection. He was gun shopping online when WIRED reached him by phone on Thursday.
Fellows is a felon, and under federal law he is prohibited from owning firearms. But he’s so confident that Donald Trump, after winning the 2024 election, will make good on his promises to pardon January 6 rioters that he’s considering purchasing anyways.
