Lee Williams, writing at The Truth About Guns, argues: "Be Afraid, But More Importantly Be Armed: Citizens Will Be Best First-Line Defense Against Terrorists Coming Across Border." Williams begins:
FBI Director Christopher Wray must be frustrated. He issued one of the strongest terrorism warnings earlier this week, but few seemed to notice and even fewer seemed to care. ...
Wray’s warning, however, was dire. He told the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence that known or suspected terrorists were infiltrating the country across the wide-open southern border using counterfeit documents. One of the smuggling networks, he said, has ties to ISIS. Add to this the thousands of unknown border crossers from countries that hate us, and the more than 80,000 military-age males from China, and you have a terrorist hellbroth just waiting to bubble over.
No one probably took much note of it because Wray, as usual, still indicated that "domestic terrorists"--e.g., parents showing up at school board meetings and Catholics that preferred the Latin Mass--were the number one threat.
In any event, Williams points out:
In the 29 states that now offer some form of constitutional carry, when a terrorist rears their ugly head – be they a card-carrying ISIS member or a lone-wolf jihadist – Americans can take immediate action without waiting for First Responders to arrive, assess the situation, plan and then respond.
And, he observes:
One of the most important lessons learned after last year’s Hamas attacks is that terrorists are capable of much better planning than most thought possible, especially when paired with a state sponsor such as Iran. There is no reason not to believe a terrorist group would be even more prepared for an attack on American soil. Their target analysis will likely include the possibility of armed opposition. In other words, the terrorists are more likely to focus on a target where concealed carry is heavily regulated if not impossible, and civilians have no option other than to run, hide or fight.
Nevertheless, he urges that we take Wray's warning serious and become better prepared: training, practice, getting new defensive ammo, replacing batteries, getting extra magazines, and so on.
It's fiction - for now, at least - but Kurt Schlicter's The Attack is both a interesting and potentially useful read.
ReplyDeleteAs for Real LIfe, increasingly it benefits one to have inculcated situational awareness, be effectively armed at all times and possess both the necessary equipment and expertise to exert control over a 200 meter radius (those are different tool and skill sets, but each complements the other).
(shakes head)
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