Terror comes home

"The police cannot be everywhere at all times. But the citizens can. If enough are armed and trained."

I have been expecting this. And dreading it. The table has been set for quite a while now. Our somewhat naive state of Minnesota is a cornucopia of soft targets for evil doers. For those who just want to kill and maim. And last night, in the quite Midwestern town of St. Cloud, terror struck. The politically correct do not want to call this terror, but I will. 

Last night was a busy night for terrorists. Besides the knife attack at the Crossroads Mall in St. Cloud, we also had a bombing in Manhattan, and almost a pipe bomb going off in a race in another East Coast city.

Our rule of law is becoming tattered. Our melting pot has become a cauldron, and it is boiling over. Evil doers have exploited our good nature and open borders to come in and do us harm. I am not going into any specifics of any of the events which happened last night. As of this morning, the facts simply are not complete as yet.

I will say this however. On the national news this morning, these three incidents were discussed. There was a panel of experts which was hastily put together. There was a retired NYC cop, a retired FBI agent, and a terror expert. Without exception, they used the word "terror" when they discussed these attacks. Period. 

Here is the one take away from the St. Cloud attack that we know already. The terrorist was dressed up as a mall security agent. When the attack started, he was running throughout the mall stabbing people at random. We also know that (according to the local paper), he asked at least one of the victims if that person was Muslim before attacking. He is also to have said "Allah" something or other, as he ran throughout the mall. Thank God an off duty policeman from another jurisdiction was at the mall. With a few shots, the officer put an end to the terror.

My question is simply this - what would have happened if that off duty policeman had not been at the mall? Instead of eight people wounded, would it have been fifty wounded with six dead? That brings back to our conceal carry issue. Rather than just being a victim to a crazed terrorist with a knife, a person with a carry permit could have been a hero. A reluctant hero, but still a hero.

Most of us already know this, but I will say it anyway. Wake up America! We continue to be a paradise for those looking to exploit the soft targets we offer. We did not start this war, but we are in it. The biggest mistake we can make is to assume it is not a war, and does not concern us. It does. 

We need more citizens to be armed citizens. To fight this terror. To drop bad guys like a bad habit as soon as they start to terrorize. The police cannot be everywhere at all times. But the citizens can. If enough are armed and trained.