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Originally Posted by ColdNoMore
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The blogger you quote shows extreme ignorance of gun laws in America. He lists requirements for "obtaining a gun license in Israel" as being "some of the toughest in the world" and yet they are almost identical to the requirements for getting a concealed weapons license in Florida. The difference is that of course you need not have lived in Israel and there are no tiers of age restrictions.
In 2015, after a particularly bloody Jerusalem shooting attack that killed four, then-Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan drastically
changed the gun laws in order to significantly raise the number of armed civilians on the streets. Instantly, graduates of Special Forces units and IDF officers with the rank of Lieutenant and above were permitted to purchase guns at their will, security guards were allowed to bring their guns home after work, and the
minimum age for a license was reduced from 21 to 18.
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat called for every resident to carry a gun, and was even photographed traveling the city carrying a Glock 23.
In addition, the overwhelming majority of terror attacks in Israel are stopped by armed civilians, not law enforcement. For example, the terrorists in the 2016 Sarona market attack were stopped by
armed passersby. A pistol-carrying
tour guide put an end to the 2017 ramming attack in Arnona that left four soldiers dead.
Gun control has been proven to be a dismal failure in Israel. The Israeli Arab communities are rife with illegal weapons, with some police estimates putting the number of unlicensed weapons in the Arab sector as high as 500,000. Think about that for a second: The most heavily guarded borders in the world and a highly professional Shin Bet are still not enough to prevent criminals from obtaining illegal firearms.
Again: Emulate the Israel model to stop school shootings.