The ONLY thing that could have stopped this would have been armed citizens.
Put that in your pipe Herr Bloomberg.
He was in riot gear and a bulletproof vest though it wouldn’t have been easy and in the dark with everyone running.
the theater is one of those “gun free zones,” isn’t it? How’d that work out?
Someone having a gun would have been great, but there are gun free zones all over. OTOH, If the Leaders of this Country motivated the youth of this Country with a combative spirit of Tough Hard Working Individualists, well we might have seen another LetsRoll moment. A couple of hundred bodies rising up would have overwhelmed him quickly. Some would have died, but he would been stopped and future terrorists would be faced with a tougher target.
Of course, back in 2001 we didn’t have a President encouraging taking handouts as more important than getting a good education and hard work.