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Orthodox Jews Open Carry AR Rifles After Anti-Semitic Attacks
bigleaguepolitics.com ^ | Dec 30, 2019 | By Richard Moorhead

Posted on 12/30/2019 1:50:44 PM PST by Red Badger

Some members of the Jewish community have armed themselves in light of recent anti-Semitic attacks.

Some members of New York’s Orthodox Jewish community were seen open carrying AR rifles at a community event on Sunday, a day after a man attacked a rabbi’s home with a machete, sending five people to the hospital with injuries.

Another attack occurred in Jersey City earlier this month at a Jewish grocery where where four people were killed.

The two attacks specifically targeting New York City’s Jewish community appear to have motivated some members of the community to arm themselves in self-defense.

The armed men were attending a community event intended to strengthen spirits in light of the traumatic events.

New York is a state that enacts some of the most Orwellian gun control policies in the country, and some questioned if the men’s rifles were legal under the state’s laws. Open carry is heavily restricted in New York, and only “featureless” AR rifles that contain cosmetic modifications can be legally bought and sold in the state.

In any case, it’s a shame the men may be afoul of the state’s gun laws in an environment where it appears some members of the general public are inclined to target Jews. It’s hard to imagine that New York prosecutors would go after the men after the two attacks on the Jewish community, but if they did, some Jews who wish to arm themselves in self-defense might feel left with no choice other than to move to a state where peaceful gun ownership is legal.

The men may feel a prescient need for armed self-defense after an attack on a Texas church Sunday was thwarted by an armed congregation member. The retired police officer neutralized a shotgun-wielding gunman who opened fire on churchgoers.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; antisemitism; ar15; banglist; guncontrol; jfpo; newyork; rkba
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1 posted on 12/30/2019 1:50:44 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Good for them, you’ll soon see the government in New York is more concerned with citizens showing they’re prepared to defend themselves than the fact people trying to kill them.


2 posted on 12/30/2019 1:52:26 PM PST by PittsburghAfterDark (There is no one more racist than a white liberal.)
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To: Red Badger

A good idea these days.


3 posted on 12/30/2019 1:53:47 PM PST by bgill
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To: Red Badger

Now the NYPD will go kill the Jews.

“For officer safety” of course.


4 posted on 12/30/2019 1:54:52 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: Red Badger

They should come to Texas. We LIKE our churchgoers strapped here.


5 posted on 12/30/2019 1:55:34 PM PST by L,TOWM (An upraised middle finger is my virtue signal.)
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To: Red Badger

It’s shameful that in 2019, Orthodox Jews have to carry AR-15’s in one of the most liberal communities in the US because they are threatened by liberal Muslims. And the Liberal Democrats are not angry about the attacks, they just want to blame the guy (Trump) who is trying to stop Muslim attacks. Next the Liberal Democrats will ban the Jews from owning guns to protect themselves.


6 posted on 12/30/2019 1:55:45 PM PST by realcleanguy
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To: Red Badger

Exercising their 2nd amendment rights.


7 posted on 12/30/2019 1:56:44 PM PST by DownInFlames (Galsd)
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To: PittsburghAfterDark

True, the NY law enforcement officials will soon arrest these Jewish men for 1. 20 round magazines, 2. Open Carry, 3. Loaded weapon, 4. Illegal weapons. Meanwhile the same law officials will release Anti-Semites from jail and call them victims. Oh, wait, they did release the last attackers from jail with no bail


8 posted on 12/30/2019 1:59:42 PM PST by realcleanguy
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To: Red Badger

This is the situation that will trigger the proper 2nd Amendment case for SCOTUS to take up.

NYS state law makes it legally impossible to defend yourself. Under ANY scrutiny level, that cannot stand.

Even the Three Lefty Ladies will have to go along.


9 posted on 12/30/2019 2:00:20 PM PST by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: Red Badger

Where do they think they are, Israel? You can’t defend yourself in NYC!


10 posted on 12/30/2019 2:00:33 PM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Red Badger
It’s hard to imagine that New York prosecutors would go after the men after the two attacks on the Jewish community

Actually, it isn't hard to imagine that, at all.

11 posted on 12/30/2019 2:00:40 PM PST by workerbee (America finally has an American president again.)
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To: Red Badger

The 2nd Amendment: It’s a beautiful thing!


12 posted on 12/30/2019 2:02:11 PM PST by Perseverando (Liberals, Progressives, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies, DemoKKKrats: It's a Godlessness disorder.)
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To: Red Badger

IDF-NYC
I see a hit show in this.


13 posted on 12/30/2019 2:02:28 PM PST by Ouchthatonehurt
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To: Macoozie
NYS state law makes it legally impossible to defend yourself.

Same in New Jersey. Almost impossible to obtain a carry permit. And scaring off an attacker by showing a weapon is a crime: brandishing.

14 posted on 12/30/2019 2:03:34 PM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Macoozie

The Left will not allow the case, or any case that involves gun control, to go to the SCOTUS.

They will drop the charges, and so prevent their cases from getting their laws being declared unconstitutional............


15 posted on 12/30/2019 2:03:39 PM PST by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain.......... ..)
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To: Red Badger

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16 posted on 12/30/2019 2:05:53 PM PST by Perseverando (Liberals, Progressives, Islamonazis, Statists, Commies, DemoKKKrats: It's a Godlessness disorder.)
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To: Red Badger

Every street in every large city in the U.S. ought to have such armed patrols, as a matter of routine, if not sanity, if not self-preservation.

How did the country reach the point where the s-—heads in the cities’ s-—holes determine who works and walks and looks where they f’n PLEASE!!


17 posted on 12/30/2019 2:06:58 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: PittsburghAfterDark
you’ll soon see the government in New York is more concerned with citizens showing they’re prepared to defend themselves than the fact people trying to kill them.

The concern will be over these citizens openly carrying firearms and will likely lead to their arrest........

18 posted on 12/30/2019 2:07:22 PM PST by Hot Tabasco
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To: Red Badger

The Jewish Defense League, which advocates armed protection against anti-Semitism, has been labeled “far right” by the lefties and MSM.


19 posted on 12/30/2019 2:07:25 PM PST by Fido969 (In!)
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To: Red Badger
In any case, it’s a shame the men may be afoul of the state’s gun laws in an environment where it appears some members of the general public are inclined to target Jews.

I here by formally invite the Jewish Diamond Industry for which New York is famous, to move to Ohio where open carry is completely legal and concealed carry is shill issue.

20 posted on 12/30/2019 2:08:48 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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