Yes and how many more lives would have been lost with 100+ armed civilians opening fire? Knowing how to point and shoot and knowing how to handle a gun are 2 different things the situation would have gone out of control and the streets would have become a warzone. You are all panicking and making up bullshit hair brained theories to desperately try and explain to yourselfs whats going on this in fact makes it worse. Dont try and tell me I don't understand the situation im not panicking all over bnet spreading rumours and saying to arm civilians. I agree however that armed police response was an issue. Perhaps now all countries will take the issue of arming police up again