Object
Cache of Firearms at McClane Farmhouse (rifles/long guns — evidentiary cache)
A small, menacing cache of unspecified firearms — rifles and long guns of varying sizes and crude modification — produced by house occupants during a police encounter. The weapons lack clear make or markings on camera; officers and aides study their illegal barrel dimension and react with alarm. Characters recoil, point, and cite the guns as concrete proof of wrongdoing while children and adults crowd the tense doorway.
2 appearances
Purpose
To arm the standoff participants for resistance and to threaten or inflict lethal force during the Idaho occupation.
Significance
The guns function as the episode's catalytic crisis: their illegal specification triggers a search warrant, converts political disagreement into a legal and PR emergency, and ruptures staff trust. Mandy uses them to pin culpability on the administration; Josh's defensiveness and the President's presence turn the weapons into both evidentiary leverage and moral indictment.
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