[CodeToad]

"Too much can go wrong when 10,000 to 35,000 people are carrying loaded firearms around the base. Not everybody has good judgement. Everyone does not follows proper procedure. Not everyone has impulse control."

Israeli women of the IDF carry at all times, so do the men, in public. They sleep with their rifles. They get to know their weapons intimately. Trusted and expected to be trusted.

[Calamari]

Most of Israel is a “combat zone” and having your weapon at hand is good policy.