" The French have the rifles, I do not know if they have the will."
They don't.
However, I myself would not advocate your tactics either. Police need to have other sorts of weapons and strategies to use.
That's what they say when the Tour De France heads through such beautiful towns and villages every year.
These boneheads are so stupid. The one guy who actually stood up to the Muslims (in speech only, you can't get any more than that so don't ask) they thoroughly chastised him and even he has now been neutered.
If you don't have a fireplace this winter, just turn on the news. It'll serve as one all winter.