The difference is that it's always easy to write whatever orders and laws. But nobody in that house will forget that where they sit and work everyday was invaded by people with guns.
They will never forget because adrenaline pumped through their bodies, unsure of what was going to happen. Nothing happened but that evening some of them felt their hand shake as they came down from the adrenaline rush.
They will never experience that room the same again.
And my prediction is that their response will not be measured, but an overcorrection. Because they may be smart, but they are still moist humans with monkeybrains and circuitry.
And their overreaction will get a counterreaction, though probably as ineffectual and disorganised as this one. If they get good leadership things would go insane, but I don't expect that.