Should You Be Ready To Take On An AK-Wielding Killer?

By Bob Owens

An article at PRI (Public Radio International) looked at the recent terrorist attack thwarted by Americans on a Amsterdam to Paris train and asked what we felt was a stupid question: “Should you be ready to go against AK-47-wielding attackers?”

Well, duh.

I’m not sure what rock PRI contributor Shirin Jaafari has been residing under for more than a decade, but the possibility of a “lone wolf” Islamic terrorist attack has proven to be a near-term threat across Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and North America. Domestic terrorism and organized violent crime is also a proven threat in many countries.

Domestically, there are roughly 800,000 law enforcement officers in the United States, out of 312+ million citizens in a vast country. The odds of a law enforcement officer being at or near the scene of a mass attack is exceptionally low unless the terrorist is attempting to attack a guarded public building.

I strongly believe that the a well-trained and well-armed citizenry is the best deterrent and sometimes the only nearby deterrent to such threats.

The men who were able to take down the Moroccan ISIS-aligned terrorist on a Paris-bound high-speed train were incredibly fortunate that the gun malfunctioned, and that the poorly-trained terrorist …read more

Source:: Bearing Arms