Armed self defense ain’t a perfect system and heroes/heroines would probably have sacrificed themselves shooting at and/or storming the attacker. But again, someone donning a face shield (they don’t get welcomed into the theater that way do they?) should have been a giveaway to something wicked afoot.
I’m a female and trained to use my .357 Colt Python. It is times like this that I wish I could have been there, not for heroics sake, but to just save the lives of the innocent.
I would have done what I could. His legs, his face, any free area that would have taken him off balance and made it easier to either kill or incompacitate him, but sadly I was not there. I just wish someone had been, to atleast try.
I agree with you.
IIRC, reports say that after entering the theatre the regular way, he went back outside, propping open the fire exit and returning to his car for the weapons and body armor.