This tiny city already spends 40% of its budget on police. It has a SWAT team. The Chief of Police was on the scene, along with armed Border Patrol agents.

One teenager with a military assault weapon had them paralyzed.

Ban assault weapons. Do it now.

RT @sewellchan@twitter.com

"The incident commander inside believed they needed more equipment and more officers to do a tactical breach." Meanwhile, there were 19 officers available to act.