[freedox]

"Who says he was desperate?"

Well, let me see.....we've been told that he issued threats of harm to MK/Elizabeth/the family (depending on which version you adhere to)......sounds pretty desperate to me. In any event, I still can't see the police allowing citizens to roam about with an armed gunman and his hostage on the loose. It just doesn't sound safe for anyone involved.

[GovernmentShrinker]

3-4 hours after the fact, the armed gunman and his hostage could have been anywhere in the city or several surrounding counties. Were police supposed to issue an emergency order for everyone in a 150 mile radius to stay inside? Realistically, it would have been almost inconceivable that the kidnapper would still have been in the neighborhood, (unless it turned out to be sneaking out episode), but very conceivable that Elizabeth would still be there. Can you imagine if police made the searchers go home, and then found Elizabeth just a little too late?