“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."

Day: November 30, 2025

Second Amendment

Should We ‘Protect First Amendment Like We Do the Second’?

by Doris Wise Montrose on November 30, 2025

I’m a big fan of all of our enumerated rights, even if I focus on our right to keep and bear arms here at this website. So I was intrigued when I saw a column by Indiana physician Raja Ramaswamy that argued we should be protecting our First Amendment rights like we do our Second; after all,

Commentary

Jewish History, Gun Rights, and the American Disarmament Puzzle

by Doris Wise Montrose on November 30, 2025

Jewish History, Gun Rights, and the American Disarmament Puzzle People often ask: “Given Jewish history, why are Jews overwhelmingly anti-gun and vote Democrat?” Let’s start by clarifying something: Jews aren’t overwhelmingly anything. We’re about 2% of the American population, and we argue about everything—always have. The premise behind that question is already wrong. The real

Commentary

How Much Ammo Should You Really Stockpile?

by Doris Wise Montrose on November 30, 2025

Most shooters ask the same question sooner or later: How much ammo do I actually need on hand? The answer depends on how often you train and what you’re preparing for. You don’t need a pallet of surplus to be ready—but you do need a plan. This guide breaks ammo requirements into practical categories and

"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.)