Jews Can Shoot: Learning from History, Protecting the Future
Jews Can Shoot understands the deadly outcome of gun control: the loss of self-defense and, far too often, the rise of repressive governments.
Our Founder’s Story
The story of our founder, Doris Wise, begins with her parents—both survivors of the Holocaust who met in a Displaced Persons camp in Germany. They married, moved to Toronto, and eventually settled in the United States, where they proudly became American citizens. Their survival taught Doris a lesson she has carried all her life: safety can never be taken for granted.
“It is so much easier to talk about the lessons learned from the past than to implement them in the present and the future. But we, the Jewish people, cannot ignore the lessons learned from the Holocaust, as they apply to the present day.”
How We Began
Inspired by this truth, Doris founded Jews Can Shoot in 2013—an organization devoted to education and advocacy on gun laws, gun rights, and the cultural and political forces that echo the dangerous conditions preceding the Holocaust.
For Doris, Jews Can Shoot is more than advocacy. It is a moral imperative:
“It is the best way I have found to honor my parents and all the survivors, as well as the millions of victims who perished.”
Our Mission
- To educate and advocate for the gun rights of all citizens—not only Jews.
- To affirm that self-defense is a natural human right protected by the Second Amendment.
- To warn that history has shown the price of disarmament.
The Holocaust demonstrated the devastation of stripping people of their means of protection. That lesson is universal. Today, both Jews and non-Jews in America must be proactive defenders of the Second Amendment.
Our Belief
“Never Again” must be more than a slogan—it must be a call to action.
No one understands the power of an armed citizen better than the Jew.
We know how it starts.
History has shown us how it ends.
Jews Can Shoot. Stay armed. Stay free.
A Note to All Americans
You do not have to be Jewish or a child of Holocaust survivors to support Jews Can Shoot. All Americans should support the Second Amendment that codifies our God-given rights to defend ourselves against a tyrannical government. No one better than Jews to understand what a tyrannical government can do and has done.