“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.”

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."

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Strength, Awareness, and Jewish Self-Defense: An Interview with Doris Wise

by Doris Wise Montrose on October 22, 2025

Strength, Awareness, and Jewish Self-Defense: An Interview with Doris Wise

This week, I spoke with Marcus Melnick on Firearm Mentor’s new show, “The Personal Safety Show.”

He introduced me to his listeners like this:

“This week, I had the honor of interviewing Doris Wise, founder of JewsCanShoot.org and Stay-Armed.com. Drawing on her personal connection to the Holocaust, Doris shared powerful insights on the importance of Jewish self-defense, awareness, and empowerment. Her words were heartfelt, unwavering, and deeply moving — a vivid reminder of why strength and vigilance matter.”

🎧 Listen to both segments here:

Segment 1:

Segment 2:

The tiny man in my AR:

"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.)

Strength, Awareness, and Jewish Self-Defense: An Interview with Doris Wise

Strength, Awareness, and Jewish Self-Defense: An Interview with Doris Wise

🎧 Listen to both segments here:

Segment 2:

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The tiny man in my AR: