all they have to do to “capture” thousands of westerners is to takeover a mall (Kenya) or a hotel district (Mumbai)
this time they are looking for mass murder with bodies to mutilate, not just to incinerate in an air hijacking
a “no guns” zone like NYC probably would be their preference
#pleasereturnourwesterners
I work in Manhattan and go through Penn Station every morning. There's a ton of guns about.
The citizens are unarmed, but there are various combinations of uniformed military and police with some big ass automatic weapons all over the place.
So, the bottom line, if the little jihadi dickheads show up, they're pretty well screwed, but if government tyranny rises up, the citizens are pretty well screwed.
The criminal element, of course, is well-positioned no matter what develops.