If I remember correctly,
The Isreali schools used to be a favorite target of terrorism. Now that Isreal has put several select fire weapons into the hands of citizens that know how to use them, the instanced are reduced.
I firmly believe that if we start seeing more random acts of terrorism, we won't have to worry about banning guns because all house holds will have them anyway. In some ways, this is bad for the gun control crowd, 'cuz it shows that the government cannot protect us.
Guns are not evil, those guys didn't need guns to kill several thousand people. I really think, pending more gross national stupidity, that is another nail in the coffin of gun control.
By the way, is this national ID card crap actually going to happen. I already have more damn ID cards than I know what to do with!