“We can either live in a paranoid politically correct world frantically trying not to offend the Hitlers and Mohammeds, and blaming their victims when they kill, or we can be free men and women who have chosen to take the power to defend our rights into our own hands.

While a thousand organizations use the Holocaust as a platform for speeches about tolerance, Children Of Jewish Holocaust Survivors [Jews Can Shoot] is conducting firearms training… Freedom is not defended with empty idealism easily perverted into appeasement of evil, but with the force of arms.”

Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish blog

All too many of the other great tragedies of history - Stalin's atrocities, the killing fields of Cambodia, the Holocaust, to name but a few - were perpetrated by armed troops against unarmed populations. Many could well have been avoided mitigated, had the perpetrators known their intended victims were equipped with a rifle and twenty bullets apiece... If a few hundred Jewish fighter in the Warsaw Ghetto could hold off the Wehrmacht for almost a month with only a handful weapons, six million Jews armed with rifles could not so easily have been herded into cattle cars.

Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Silveira v. Lockyer, 2003

Habah l'hargecha hashkem l'hargo -- "If someone is coming to kill you, rise against him and kill him first."

Month: January 2018

Commentary

Refusal as a weapon. There is NO unconstitutional law that Mike Bloomberg can buy that we cannot nullify with armed civil disobedience.

by Jews Can Shoot on January 2, 2018

They can jail us. They can shoot us. They can even conscript us. They can use us as cannon-fodder in the Somme. But… but, we have a weapon more powerful than any in the whole arsenal of their British Empire. And that weapon is our refusal. Our refusal to bow to any order but our

Useful Tips

Into The Fray Episode 198: Is A Verbal Challenge Required During A Self-Defense Incident?

by Jews Can Shoot on January 2, 2018

“My suggestion for a verbal challenge is something simple like, “Stop! Get back!,” as this clearly states your intentions without sounding like you are making a threat. Remember, the point of using deadly force is to stop your attacker. It is never your intention to kill your attacker. If your attacker dies as a result

Commentary

Does the LEOSA Carry Law Apply to You?

by Jews Can Shoot on January 2, 2018

Having served in the Marine Corps, I am familiar with the perils of scuttlebutt, an old Navy term for water cooler talk that now means rumors and gossip. In law enforcement, a lot of the recent scuttlebutt focuses on off-duty and retired officer carry laws, covering what you can and cannot do under the Law

Commentary

Why ATF Form 4473 Is So Bad

by Jews Can Shoot on January 1, 2018

Want to know the truth about Form 4473? Keep reading. Gun control is still a hot topic of discussion; however, I think what we can all agree on is that lawmakers are going about it all wrong. Over and over again, we see new laws and policies being implemented that infringe upon gun owners’ rights.

Commentary

Backdoor Gun Control: DOJ Proposes Broadening Definition of ‘Machinegun’ to Include Bump Stocks

by Jews Can Shoot on January 1, 2018

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is proposing a change whereby the definition of “machinegun” would be broadened to include bump stocks. This change would subsequently bring bump stocks under the purview of the same National Firearms Act (1934) and Gun Control Act of 1968 regulations that currently govern machinegun sales and possession. The DOJ has released a draft

Second Amendment

Is the Second Amendment Unique?

by Jews Can Shoot on January 1, 2018

The case for American exceptionalism is often overstated. It is true that our Constitution, at least when it was first written, was a revolutionary document, in both senses of the word: it represented a huge shift in the way that the state was conceived, but also an attempt to free a citizenry from perceived oppression.

Useful Tips

Trigger Warning: Lessons From a Broken Gun

by Jews Can Shoot on January 1, 2018

After yet another handgun parts breakage, I wanted to share some tips about how to avoid running into reliability issues with your defensive firearms when it matters most. Details in the video below, or scroll down for the full transcript. A few weeks ago, I shared a video about my Ruger GP100 Match Champion that had

Commentary

Texans can carry loaded guns in churches unless signs announce ban, attorney general says

by Jews Can Shoot on January 1, 2018

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released an opinion Thursday saying it’s legal to carry a loaded gun into church as long as there are no signs banning weapons. The issue arose in the wake of last month’s mass shooting at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, which left 26 people killed and 20 others injured. Lt.

"All too many of the other great tragedies of history—Stalin’s atrocities, the killing fields of Cambodia, the Holocaust, to name but a few—were perpetrated by armed troops against unarmed populations. Many could well have been avoided or mitigated, had the perpetrators known their intended victims were equipped with a rifle and twenty bullets apiece, as the Militia Act required here. ... If a few hundred Jewish fighters in the Warsaw Ghetto could hold off the Wehrmacht for almost a month with only a handful of weapons, six million Jews armed with rifles could not so easily have been herded into cattle cars." — Silveira v Lockyer, (9th Cir. 2003) (Kozinski, J. dissenting.)