[AlaskaErik]

Also in Hebron, a Palestinian woman stabbed an Israeli border policewoman, cutting her hand, a police spokesman said. The policewoman shot the attacker, he said.

In Israel, the policy is to carry your weapon without a round being chambered. I always thought this was a dangerous policy and I think that even more now. This policewoman was darn lucky she had enough time to rack her pistol and get off a shot, especially since she was wounded in one hand.

[archy]

In Israel, the policy is to carry your weapon without a round being chambered. I always thought this was a dangerous policy and I think that even more now. This policewoman was darn lucky she had enough time to rack her pistol and get off a shot, especially since she was wounded in one hand.

That's correct, for some Israeli pistoleros. On the other hand, they teach both the *slingshot* technique for getting a round chambered, and one-handed drills for doing so if one arm is disabled or grabbed.

And, on my last visit there last year [my fifth] I was told *not to bother with that empty chamber nonsense.* I carried a Glock 17 lent to me until I got to my host's residence, whereupon I retrieved my Browning GP and felt much better.

I guess you know about the Molotov Cocktail guy. Betting is that a silenced .22 Ruger 10-22 was involved.