Guns in Israel

[Doc45]

Here's an interesting article following up on the uptick in attacks in Israel and how it really is in Israel to get a permit for and carry a firearm. I'm not in agreement with everything in here (is anyone ever? lol) but it does shed some light on the process:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...2fc_story.html

[speedysst]

So Americans with guns are "cowboys" but Israelis with guns are just protecting themselves against attacks. Yeah.

[roberth]

So Americans with guns are "cowboys" but Israelis with guns are just protecting themselves against attacks. Yeah.

Leftist drivel.

Israeli applicants must submit paperwork, military records and medical reports, and must justify their need to carry a weapon. Approval takes 30 days. Aresident of Tel Aviv will not be given a permit, though residents of a Jewish settlement in the West Bank will be. So will retired army officers, former police officers, firefighters, ambulance technicians, special forces vets, licensed public transportation drivers and residents of militarily strategic buffer zones, as well as those who live or work in Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem — including the Old City — and the West Bank.

[Irving]

See guys? Even in Israel only police, military, and bus drivers need guns.

[brutal]

Moshe Fidler, a retired undercover police detective, lives in Jerusalem and always carries his sidearm, a Glock 21-C, which he called the “limousine of handguns.” He also did not think that widespread permitting of guns was the solution, even though in civilian life he fired the weapon to scare off Palestinian rock throwers.

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Moshe Fidler, a retired undercover police detective, lives in Jerusalem and always carries his sidearm, a Glock 21-C, which he called the “limousine of handguns.” He also did not think that widespread permitting of guns was the solution, even though in civilian life he fired the weapon to scare off Palestinian rock throwers.

Well, it is long like a limousine.

When will people learn if they don't give up their guns in the first place they never have to face these kinds of situations...

[cstone]

Israel is not the USA. I am sure this comes as a surprise to some, but I am unaware of any law or constitutional right in Israel that protects free Israeli citizen's rights to possess firearms.

The Washington Post is once again using the crisis du jour in Jerusalem to point out the sad plight of the Palestinians; all while making a veiled argument for "common sense" gun legislation in the USA. USA compared to Israel is like apples to orangutans.

On another note, for those who are interested in my take on Jerusalem: Luke 19:41-44 NIV

Be safe.

[ray1970]

What cstone said is spot on.

In the U.S. owning firearms is a right of the people specifically spelled out in our Constitution.

In Israel owning a firearm isn't a right. It's a privilege.

I did read that Israel is loosening it's restrictions on gun ownership to get more guns on the streets to help deal with the recent Palestinian attacks against its citizens.

Wonder if our government would be more likely to support our 2nd ammendment rights if people were targeting and killing our citizens at random on the streets here?

[Dave_L]

if people were targeting and killing our citizens at random on the streets here?

Um...that happens every day.

[Doc45]

My super lib sister and her husband visited Israel and Jordan earlier this year. On a beach in Tel Aviv she got into a conversation with some young women about safety due to the fact that most of the adults served/serve in the IDF. The girls (all soldiers) told her they'd feel safer if they had their guns with them but since there wasn't anywhere to secure them at the beach they didn't bring them. My sister was jolted back to reality but hasn't changed her views sadly.

I've got lots of good stories about my travels in Israel that I may share down the road a bit.