The Music Festival which was attacked by Hamas was declared a "gun free zone". 13 Israeli police officers were killed there. It is not clear if they were armed or not. At the Bataclan massacre in France, there were eight police officers. All of them had chosen not to be armed.
me and wifey are both devoutly pro choice...on the 2A!
The police and military were only a few hours away.
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Gun ownership was very common.
Then the international community started squeezing Israel and the Israeli liberal Left Wing governments started restricting weapons to prevent negative PR incidents caused by response to Israelis protecting themselves from Palestinian provocations and attacks
The Israeli governments tried to replace Israeli's carrying weapons for self defense with well trained military police equipped to deal with the Pallywood provocations for media exploitation and it worked for a while. Until there is a genuine peace in the region , Israelis need be armed at the personal protection level in the event of another general invasion.
I could not believe Israel was that stupid to have a “gun free” anything when they are surrounded by enemies who have taken death oaths to kill Jews.
If a few of those folks had even glocks, the outcome would have been totally different. The terrorists would have had to drop down, hundreds more would have been able to escape. Their weapons could have been seized and turned on the terrorists. This is normal stuff of IDF legend yet they left themselves unprotected, like lambs to slaughter. I didn’t understand it, especially knowing that everyone in Israel has military training.
Now, guns are everywhere because they closed the barn door.
Too late.
Thanks Dean. A lot of folks have/had no idea of these facts about Israel believing it to be a gun owners paradise. It wasn’t.(At least in recent years) Hopefully that has or will change.