“ So you think that mother should have been allowed to go inside? Really?”
I’d have gone in. I’d rather not live than live with the thoughts of what my kid went through dead or alive.
Same.
Your chances against an armed murderer - of safely and successfully saving the life of your child - would have been approximately zero _unless_ you were armed.
If you were armed but untrained, it is still unlikely you would have been successful. Remember that two law enforcement officers tried and both were injured before they retreated. Rationally, what are your chances against such a guy who is just waiting for you when you don’t even have a bullet resistant vest?
Also, please keep in mind it probably didn’t take the murderer much time to slaughter all the little ones: you would likely have thrown your life away only to find that you were too late.
How could you be sure which class room he was in? What if you went in to a class room, started taking kids out and then got slaughtered in the hall way with your back turned while he came out from “nowhere”? Who knows what might have happened, right?
That’s probably why the officers were waiting for the SWAT team and their equipment; equipment that clearly saved at least one officer’s life: the ballistic shield, for example. Also, you don’t know what all other additional equipment the team had and used.
Please remember this kid was about eighteen and probably physically fit: at the very least he was used to standing and entire shift. He had some basic tactical knowledge given that he played the “Call of Duty” video game, he injured two officers, he nearly killed one of the highly trained SWAT members, and then he _also_ managed to put a bullet in a ballistic shield...quite some reflexes!