One third of the men in each regiment were ready to assemble under arms in an instant and designated "Minutemen"
Posted on 11/07/2023 6:44:12 AM PST by logi_cal869
Israel is facing the most serious state of emergency it has known since 1948, and strengthening the personal security of its citizens is obviously of huge importance. In a move purportedly aimed at bolstering that security, Israel’s government recently passed new regulations to expand the number of Israeli citizens eligible to apply for a handgun license.
The new regulations will allow hundreds of thousands of citizens to carry handguns on a permanent basis, without the necessary checks or oversight.
The changes to the threshold conditions and criteria for eligibility for a handgun license were passed too rapidly during the current emergency, with scant thought to the potentially dangerous consequences of an influx of handguns into public spaces. In contrast to the United States, Israel’s firearm regulations before the war were relatively strict, with gun licenses only granted to private citizens who needed this added security in their daily lives or who were experienced with firearms due to their extensive combat service in the IDF.
The new regulations dramatically expand eligibility for a private handgun license in Israel. Before these changes, there were around 170,000 citizens with a handgun license. Following the approval of these regulations, this figure is projected to triple.
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The irony is that hamas may have forever cemented Israeli resolve against the 'palestinians' whereas the libs in the Knesset were previously embracing 'living in harmony'.
But tripling the number of armed civilians should merely be labeled 'a nice start'.
All these guns will lead to innocent people being shot! Oh, wait...
It’s unfortunate as to how it went about to learn why the Second Amendment can only be a natural right.
They will need training and ammo, but being armed is a good first step.
The old saying of liberals who’ve been mugged.
Israelis needs to get serious about their survival. It would be great to see young, leftist Israelis guarding Jews with M-16’s rather that spacing-out on TikTok. Or Hassidic Jews pulling guard duty with automatic weapons rather than dodging the draft.
One third of the men in each regiment were ready to assemble under arms in an instant and designated "Minutemen"
With the entire country mere seconds from attack 24/7, it’s crazy to prevent people from being able to defend themselves.
What would they be, Mirit? Who decides what they need to be, Mirit?
Just handguns? This is better but its nowhere near enough. It should include rifles and should include everybody who has served in the IDF.
20% arab population...there could be a reason they just aren’t letting their regular citizens semiauto rifles already. Maybe. They certainly don’t talk about this much, which is understandable I guess.
They sure need foreign help with super advanced weapon systems. I don’t begrudge them this. It sure seems like allowing their populace to effectively arm themselves would be a pretty cheap way to at least have a fighting chance when people with rifles are at the door though.
Freegards
Seems like common sense to me. That they don’t allow their populace effective small arms for their protection is wild. I wonder if they gamed it out and decided they can’t count on certain segments of their population to fight on the right side in an incursion/invasion type scenario.
FReegards
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