Not gonna help. It will be a world record of sorts the day a golgappey wala is able to anticipate a 6 o'clock attack, turn 180 degrees around, aim & shoot a random lunatic approaching him from behind in the dark with a loaded pistol who only reveals his true intent a few seconds before the act. All the people who have died recently and much earlier in the past- how would their odds have improved even if they had a gun? For instance, even if Shri Makhan Lal Bindroo had a gun holstered around his waist, how could he have prevented what happened in a split second while he was dishing out medication to his customers? In a hypothetical scenario where 100% of the Kashmiris are armed are we expecting the other customers (who were not targets) or people out in the street to take up the cudgels on behalf of the state and shoot down the pesky intruders to death?
In any case, he would have died instantly. This attack was not for him but for others that are still alive- we have to defeat the larger game at play here.
Precisely, the innocent are already dying in a steady trickle & it seems the Indian state does not care enough. We have to find what these OGWs, terrorists care about (their own lives which is why they flee the scene in the first place) and go for that! Our intelligence grid has to be so strong that the next party of attackers should be dead within 15-30mins of any attack.
The day it is guaranteed that you cannot mess with the Indian state without inviting certain and speedy death there will be peace in the valley. Since it is pin pointed targeting no one can claim we are a harsh state who is suppressing any kaum.
