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I rather suspect that IF there are any shoot-'em-up kind of attacks, they will be targeted at convenient "Kill Zones" like schools or workplaces where the carrying of arms by the sheeple is verbotten.

Why be stupid and attack someplace where the victims are apt to resist?

I don't think that they are quite that dumb... although sometimes, like with that "Shoe-bomber" moron, we've gotta wonder!

I rather doubt, however, that we'll be seeing much gunplay on the part of the Jihaddists, if they stay true to form.
It would be more like the Islammakazi human bombs or vehicle bombs in high population density targets, such as shopping malls or sports events.

If they had any significant WMD I think they would have popped them on us by now.

The one scenario where it might come in handy to be armed, is if one were to observe a vanload of rags unlimbering a shoulder-fired ground-to-air missle near an Airport in an attempt to take down an airliner. We live near a US Navy Air Station, and shortly after 9/11 were dining at a drive-in near the end of the runway, and I was eying some of the out-of-state vans parked there suspiciously, and rather glad for the angular old M-1911-A1 digging into my ribs under my vest.

If you ever came accross such an attack in progress, there would be no time to drop a dime to the local Gendarmes;
Options would be run away and hide or engage the ememy.
I would expect that they would have lookouts posted with AKs etc., so there may well be an element of sacrifice in choosing the latter option.

Using a vehicle as a weapon in such instances might be a tactical option, too; why shoot it out with the scum when you can run them over with your pickup truck?

The thing that keeps America free from thugs like this is not just our guns - it's our bloody ATTITUDE!

Neither Secretary RIDGE or any of the government authorities seem at all supporive of Citizens actually resisting terrorists, beyond calling the government to come save us.
They obviously don't want a lot of armed, disorganized vigalantes running around, leaving the LEOs to sort out good guy from bad guy in the melee.

I can relate with that to a certain point, I suppose.

In gulags like Maryland or Kalifornica, don't expect any mercy if caught under arms, orange alert or no alert.
As far as Kommie politicians are concerned, ANY armed American is a bigger threat (at least to THEM and their POWER) than any Jihaddi terrorist!

As at any time; Self and Civil defense is about common sense, self discipline, sobriety, and 360-degree tactical awareness at all times being every bit as critical as what sort of iron you pack.