“The killer entered here the same way the killer entered in Santa Fe–through a back door. An unlocked back door. I sat down at roundtables with the families from Santa Fe. We talked about what we need to do to harden schools, including not having unlocked back doors, including not having unlocked doors to classrooms. Having one door that goes in and out of the school.”
It was unclear exactly what Cruz might encourage potential future victims of mass shootings to do when faced with a killer armed with a key–or a gun capable of shooting through glass windows.