[LurkedLongEnough]

These events are a practice "round" for picking off more "valuable" targets... like representatives and senators maybe. Whether or not it's terrorists is really irrelevant since the authorities will use the same investigative resources anyway.

If part of an al-Qaeda plan, Lord forbid, each takedown might be a signal that a particular aspect of further plans are in place and ready to launch.

Even though these attacks can't be defended effectively with your own firearms, it is still a good time to stress the merits of legal, individual gun ownership in one's community.

[Axenolith]

Even though these attacks can't be defended effectively with your own firearms, it is still a good time to stress the merits of legal, individual gun ownership in one's community.

If you've got em, carry binoculars and do a quick scan wherever you have to stop. Quick, discreet glances, favoring wooded areas, parked trucks or jumbles of crap.