Kind of like a “licensed” militia?
The French have had a reserve police organization for decades. It’s mostly used during fests, sports events, political rallies, etc. They usually direct traffic, hand out leaflets, search for missing people, etc. But there’s not much you’d have to do....to legalize this group into having a pistol and carrying it as part of your “duty”.
I wouldn’t call it a militia, but it’s about 98-percent of the same thing. It might take 30 days to craft the language about pistols or arms, and how you’d have to get some training by the local cops to carry a weapon. But I could imagine several million people signed up by December and armed on the streets. When confronted and some mass killing is the agenda....the attacker might get to the first five people...but after that point, he’ll meet his end. In my mind, this is only thing left to reshape the whole threat in France.
I might add.....it works in Israel.
“Kind of like a “licensed” militia?”
Or like the Armed Israelis you see in Israel.