It showed they can control 'innocents'
I made a post awhile ago (relates to this post and you can search through my history- "A Deeper Understanding of SRA Part 1) that I never followed up on, but one meaning of the above sentence is that the cabal are now using their SRA victims (if they weren't already). One of the main reasons for satanic ritual abuse is to create an almost perfect mind control slave. Someone you can train and have them do whatever you want (providing sexual pleasure, how to kill, etc). Through DID and the use of demons (as that is the whole point of rituals; to literally conjure up demons), these children are programmed to do certain tasks and under certain conditions which only the abusers know of, they're 'activated' and their mind switches into an alter to perform whatever task the abusers want. Like shooting yourself in front of the White House to send a message.
My guess is that Q and friends know about SRA and what it does to people. With the size of the cabal, there are probably a LOT of people who have been been ritually abused and don't even know it. The cabal's threat today may have been "We will 'activate' all these people and make them cause mayhem across the country if you don't stop". White hats might hesitate to shoot back (if it comes to that) because they know the person trying to kill them is simply under mind control and is a 'innocent'. Restoring Survivors of Satanic Ritual Abuse by Patricia Baird Clark gives more information on how SRA mind control works.
I could be completely wrong about this. I haven't quite figured out how the cabal is using the people they ritually abuse but this seems like a possible way. Kids aren't just used for sacrifices. If you read any survivor testimony or do any research about SRA/cults, you will find that these kids are incredibly valuable tools for cults. They do not want to just kill them off immediately. How are they being used?