With the gun laws the way they are in the US, frankly I am amazed ISIS hasn't launched a commando style raid yet.
That speaks volumes about how effective the American homeland security and counter terrorism forces have been at rooting out terrorists before they have a chance to do anything.
However, there can be no denying that the lax gun laws in the US makes it that much easier for terrorists to launch commando style raids, as they can easily get hold of any and all weapons they would need for such a raid inside the US, thus massively reducing the planning and logistical difficulties of launching such attacks.
I know many of our American posters are going to strongly disagree with me, and point to America's high gun ownership rates as a potential defence against terrorist commando raids, but I see that as a disaster waiting to happen.
If they attack armed with automatic or semi-automatic assault rifles and is armoured with body armour, which is also very easily obtainable in the US, your Joe-six-pack with his 9mm conceal and carrier isn't like to be able to do much other than maybe buy some bystanders a few seconds extra to escape as his rounds ping off the terrorist's body armour and he gets himself killed for his troubles.
Again, our American friends are not going to like it, but look at terrorist attacks in China compared to the west.
In Kunming, 8 knife wielding attackers killed 29 people.
In Paris, 8 AK wielding attackers killed 130 people, and that was very likely to have been an unusually low count because of good luck.
As the concert, the main target of their attack, was pitch black inside with strobbing light effects, making it hard to pick out targets. In a well-lit place, like a crowded train station, many times as many would likely have been killed.
It would be a terrible and entirely avoidable tragedy to be able to easily foresee a calamity, but lack the will to make the hard choices necessary to prevent it, and then to have it happen for real.
You don't need to ban all guns, but do civilians really need military grade assault rifles?
I would absolutely love to own such weapons myself, and would do if the UK gun laws allowed it, so I'm not your typical gun hater, but I can understand that sometimes what I want for my own amusement and enjoyment needs to take a backseat to the safety of others.