[Secret Agent Man]

Really dont know why secret service did not open fore on him well away from trump when they first saw him.

[Zhang Fei]

[Really dont know why secret service did not open fore on him well away from trump when they first saw him.]

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If he was hundreds of yards away, that was well beyond the blast radius of any conceivable suicide belt. It’s also likely that he was being watched by snipers ready to take him out if he produced a rifle or other firearm.

[Gen.Blather]

“Really dont know why secret service did not open fore on him well away from trump when they first saw him.”

They gave to make a sometimes difficult judgement call. Every round fired, especially into the air, may find an unintended target. Presumably, somebody made an instant evaluation of the perceived threat and didn’t fire. I was so impressed by the footage of the agents around Reagan after he was shot. Machine guns out, none of them fired.