That was so plainly a choke point, guns drawn on one side, the crowd reduced to a trickle. Thermopylae, anyone?
A crowd of what, people who just came to see The Wizard?
“This was so plainly a choke point”
It was the entrance to the Speaker’s Lobby, which had been barricaded. In the background of the shooter, a few people could be seen crossing the hall. Perhaps they were in the process of evacuating members and staff.
Wrong place, wrong time?