“The terrorist had a rocket propelled grenade”
that’s a tough one to overcome, especially if there are a couple guys with them. Even for an armed populace.
In the Ottawa parliamentary room, they tore off the flagpoles to use the sharp ends to defend themselves if the gunman made his way in.
Anything is useful and it may even cost lives of the brave. But, if we had a society that was conditioned that we should advance at the enemy and not cower before them, maybe we could send off these vermin sooner rather than later, and they would not get their “glory” from extended newscast during the dragnet.