Good question,I have no answer,but I'm wondering if police would have been able to return fire,althought I am aware one victim was shot directly across the street from a police officer and still got away.
This is still all new and uncharted territory. These killings are still being addressed as crimes. It will take time, but at some point our perception will change, and we will view these as war.
I would like to believe that once it shown that these are not "crimes" but saboteurs the action of the authorities will change.
I wonder just how much more the American people are willing to put up with, before demanding action. I think we are getting close to that point now.
I heard last night that one of the witnesses actually fabricated his story about seeing the shooter.He was actually inside the home depot at the time of the shooting.The authoritys are now saying their leads and witnesses are falling apart,and they are back to square one.This is unfortunate.