Well, thanks for that rational response.
I was actually hoping that there was at least ONE of US in there to give a report. Even better, somebody close to the action who might be provoked to respond.
Regarding this thread, I was hoping that along the way, some person might say "well, I don't think there's a cement wall erected behind the curtain ...etc blah blah"
No, I don't suppose that the GB got the masons out to erect a concrete wall with an actual blast door in it. (I wouldn't be surprised to hear they thought of it though)
However, I don't believe for a minute that it was an accident that the podium was not 6-12 inches further out. The g-boobs look crammed in there with the curtain riding up their suit jacket.
I see the CO and DO working the stage at the conventions and everything has to be 'just so', to the inch. Sound brothers are even told to go out and align the microphone cables all perpendicular like, no S shaped cords on the floor thankyou.
Nothing is left to chance. And that is just a stupid DC or CA.
So, the podium was exactly where it was because that is exactly where the g-boobs wanted it. (I imagine there was a committe of 4 elders appointed just to make sure of it)
My whole point was, the GB member only had to take one step back, and he was gone. Out of sight. Just the first hint of trouble and ONE STEP BACKWARDS. Poof. No GB member. Like Houdini.
From there he could exit the area quite rapidly without being seen. It would be hard for a shooter to get a second chance. Maybe even impossible for a shooter to get a first chance, given that (I would believe) there are cameras watching the audience carefully.
I would take it one step further and say I'm fairly sure there would be a few brothers, the bigger the better, at the ready behind the curtain able to provide whatever "support" was called for. (Even at the DC there are plenty of 'guards' distributed around the paltform)
If these governing bubbleheads really believed the tripe they are spewing, then they could stand out there in the breeze, confident that 'Jehovah' would protect the most important men on Earth. Surely, next to Christ Himself, the most important men to have ever walked the Earth. The 8 men who will rule the Universe!
One step back. The substitute for 'divine protection'.
I am going to call these guys the OSBT. The "One-Step-Back Team". If the shoe fits.