Unfortunately that is simply wishful thinking. And it is wrong.
A knife is just as deadly as a gun at distances of up to 20 feet or so. A charging attacker can close and inflict a fatal wound in less than one second - even while being shot.
There are a surprisingly large number of such killings that have been recorded on video, and cops see those videos as a regular part of their training. It tends to make them very fast on the trigger.
Cops are generally trained to fire on a knife-wielding assailant at the first sign of forward movement. It should not be a surprise when they do.
You try that sometime... Even if what you say is true, you will be in the slammer in 10 seconds and the pigs will all testify against you.
“Unfortunately that is simply wishful thinking. And it is wrong.
No, it is not wrong to wish that multiple deputies could subdue a mentally disturbed woman with a knife rather than shoot her dead.
Nobody will question whether there could have been some other way. However, I don’t think it is unreasonable to do so.
I think there may be a difference between her lunging at the cops with the knife or just didn’t put the knife down fast enough for them. That we don’t know.