She served in the Air Force, not in Congress. How was she to know it was the "final defensive position?" Some visual clue? The whites of their eyes?
By the way, if there is a "final defensive position" in the Capitol bldg, it should be somewhere past the sign "EXIT."
All veterans are instructed in “interior guard.” That is what I meant. All means all.
Final defensive positions are never marked. They are on paper in the emergency plan, and known by all of the guard force.
There is a element of common sense missing here. If you storm an access-controlled federal building, you may get past the initial guards. But if you continue, you will arrive at what is known as the final defensive position. And if you are interpreted as a threat, there is only death. That is just the way it is.
You can test everything I said. Ask any former embassy guard (like myself). Or any federal police that doesn’t just write tickets: they have the mission of protecting people, classified, and property. They will tell you that when it comes to protecting people, it’s not negotiable— you get killed really quickly if you pose a threat.
That is why they were hired.
I do realize the emotional argument. She was a beautiful patriot. But even if she wasn’t. If she was butt-ugly with wooden teeth...the outcome is the same.