“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."

Doris Wise Bio

About Doris Wise

President & Founder, Jews Can Shoot

Doris Wise is the President and Founder of Jews Can Shoot, a civil rights and advocacy organization committed to defending the Second Amendment and ensuring the right to self-defense for all Americans. As the daughter of Holocaust survivors, Doris is uniquely aware of the critical importance of the right to bear arms and the devastating consequences of disarmament.

Born to parents who survived the horrors of the Holocaust, Doris was taught early on that personal safety cannot be taken for granted. Her parents met in a Displaced Persons camp in Germany and later immigrated to Canada, where Doris was raised. The lessons of their survival shaped Doris’s perspective on the need for self-defense, inspiring her lifelong dedication to advocating for gun rights.

In 2006, Doris founded Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors (CJHS) in response to the kidnapping of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit by Hamas. Through CJHS, she raised awareness about global threats and worked to mobilize grassroots advocacy. This work naturally evolved into the creation of Jews Can Shoot in 2013, where Doris continues her mission to educate the public about the importance of gun rights and self-defense.

For Doris, Jews Can Shoot is more than an organization—it’s a tribute to her parents, the survivors, and the millions who perished during the Holocaust. Her tireless advocacy reminds us all that the right to protect ourselves is fundamental and must never be taken for granted.

Contact Doris:
Email: [email protected]

"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.)