Ah, so can or should any “citizen” have right to purchase gun? We’ve got that here in the US, sort of. Guess Israel would not want to arm the majority of population that is not Jewish—the Muslims and Christians and others, just out of speculation. The whole gun rights issue will bring into focus the cracks in democracy, equal rights of citizens, and so forth. And what about the occupied areas? Messy. Glad all we’ve got to deal with in the US are places like California, New York, New Jersey, and DC. On the latter, Congress should step in and validate any state-issued CCW to be valid in DC.
Nothing to do with religion. Basically a carryover of Mandate law, lot's of Israel's laws are carryovers from the Brits and Turks. Been liberalized a bit over the years, but without going into details essentially you need to demonstrate need or be a veteran, military or police. And one handgun and maybe one rifle. Neither a culture nor a right as it is in the US.
“Glad all we’ve got to deal with in the US are places like California, New York, New Jersey, and DC.”
And Connecticut, Maryland, Delaware, then the major areas of certain states like nw Arkansas, Denver, philly, etc.
Things are still ok, but don’t get lulled into a state of acceptance.
“Congress should step in and validate any state-issued CCW to be valid in DC.”
Over Schumer and Pelosi’s dead bodies.