What would have happened if the police had started firing immediately at the people who tried to overtake the Capitol building?

Asked by JLeslie (65447) January 9th, 2021 from iPhone

How do you think it should have been handled?

Let’s assume there were the same amount of forces that actually existed the day of the attack.

What if there had been more forces present? Military visibly surrounding the Capitol Building. Would these anarchists never have charged the building? Or, would they have ran towards it; towards their death?

I assume there were sharp shooters on the roof top. I thought they are always there. I could be wrong, maybe a jelly knows.

I keep thinking the Capitol grounds could have easily looked like a battlefield with multiple dead people lying across it. Would that have helped or hurt getting Republican leaders and citizens to snap out of it? Would that have helped or hurt how the world looks at us?