Effectively Disarmed French Citizens Got Off Lucky in Louvre Attack

... had the soldiers not been at the Louvre, innocents would have died. Had the lunatic been armed with more than a machete, lots of innocents. That’s because, as we see occurring everywhere citizens are disarmed, the “law” gives a distinct advantage to those who ignore it, and who then seek out those who don’t. [More]

What would French citizens have done had these guys not been around?