“Under no circumstances would we want members of the public to arm themselves with firearms, not least because officers responding would not know who the offenders were, and quite obviously they would not have the time to ask. Our message to the public is a simple one: to run, to hide and to tell.”
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...-fight-terror-attack-says-police-commissioner
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...-fight-terror-attack-says-police-commissioner