This was a bar with glasses and bottles etc etc within easy access and NOBODY thought to throw objects at the Muslim or tackle him etc etc but waited to be shot
Actually, he could have killed far more if he had sneakily blocked the exits, then poured a bucket of gasoline into the entrance hall and lit it up.
You raise the same question I asked after learning details of the attack. Obviously, the terrorist was armed, but he was outnumbered at least 30:1. And, as you note, there were plenty of improvised weapons available in the bar. Yet, no one (as far as we know) tried to organize any effort to go after Mateen.
It’s more proof that most Americans still believe you can become “invisible” in this type of situation and survive. The mindset has been drilled into us for at least 40 years; how many times (in years past) did you hear a law enforcement type advise citizens to “give the criminal” what they want to improve your chances for survival.
Clearly, times have changed, and I’ve seen any number of police and federal law enforcement officials urge individuals to fight back, particularly when the captives outnumber the attacker and improvised weapons are available. Unfortunately, most still go into the sheeple mode and they die in droves.
Of course, all that was needed to stop Mateen was an armed citizen, but the gay bar was a “gun free zone.” And I’m guessing the terrorist was aware of that in selecting his target.