"Ottawa attack: MPs fashioned spears while Harper whisked into closet"

[james_davis_nicoll]

Some positioned themselves on risers that flanked doors, ready to attack an assailant.
[...]
“There were 15 flags up at caucus and all but two were taken down,” one MP recalled.

“These guys were up there holding these spears ready to impale anyone who came in,” the source said.

Comments

[bruce munro (from livejournal.com)]

Shouldn't expose them to temptation, eh?

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Not really, no.

[iopgod.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_mace#Incidents_with_the_Mace_in_the_UK_House_of_Commons

Too late.