I want an explanation for the rationale behind Israel’s draconian gun laws. I would also like to know what percentage of Israelis would want a Second Amendment. Hamas attacked as Israelis were wrapping up the seven-day Jewish festival of Sukkot on Oct. 7. As many as 1,200 Israelis and some Americans were murdered, thousands wounded, and
Read More“Violence never solves anything” is a platitude which American schoolchildren are taught. Sobibor and Treblinka show the platitude is a deadly falsehood. Violence solved Sobibor and Treblinka. The solution to Hitler’s Final Solution was violence — the violent destruction of the Nazi regime. (This article is from October 15, 2015, exactly eight years ago. The
Read More*Here is essentially Israel’s definition of easing restrictions. Instead of going in one can apply online. It still takes a week. One specific gun can be registered at any one time. The biggy is one can now have 100 rounds up from 50. Pistols only. No long guns like those Israeli IWI beauties we Americans
Read MorePosts like this rupture my heart and my soul. Why, for G-d’s sake were these people defenseless? Why? Why? Why? Israel’s draconian gun laws are allowing for the deaths of Jews. This story should make us so angry that Israel is forced to change the laws allowing for Israeli citizens to defend themselves. So instead
Read MoreA dozen armed men in a kibbutz near Gaza held off Hamas terrorists for hours, with spectacular results: No Mefalsim residents were killed or taken hostage, protected by a dozen residents, many of them former Israeli soldiers, who had prepared for years to defend the kibbutz. The story is reminiscent of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising,
Read MoreWe live in America. We have the right to keep and bear arms – without restrictions – regardless of the massive efforts by our government to disarm every one of us. So far not successfully. So the answer is to use our Second Amendment rights and be armed. Well armed. Even if it is NY.
Read MoreThe rise of Jewish gun ownership challenges traditional beliefs and confronts rising antisemitism. In 2013, when I founded Jews Can Shoot, many in the Jewish community here and in Israel chimed in. Some positive. Many negative. I was accused of being the wild, wild west by some Israelis. An American Jewish gun club attempted to
Read MoreAs stated by Colonel Jeff Cooper, “A handgun is merely a weapon used to fight your way back to your rifle — which you shouldn’t have left behind.” It is quite likely that two Israelis with Army experience could have handled all the goblins (Cooper’s term for violent criminals) with AR-15s, 30-round magazines, and spare
Read MoreOn October 25, 2023 a mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine killed 18 people and injured 13. The alleged shooter, Robert Card, 40, was pictured with a “long gun.” The suspect was caught on camera (although the pictures look different from shot to shot) – went on the run – and the motive remains unclear. Details
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