” There is no inkling of a belief among Israelis that citizens should be permitted to own guns as a check on government power —”
Odd belief for a nation founded by survivors of nazi Germany.
When Israel first started, Holocaust survivors who had moved to Israel were shunned, especially by those who fought for Israel's independence, because the perception is they didn't fight back, and let the Nazis have their way.
In fact the Holocaust wasn't talked about much in Israel.
The Eichmann Trial changed all that, and even those who once criticized the survivors finally understood.
I talked to a holocaust survivor once, at an event. I asked if she thought it could ever happen in the United States as more and more power was concentrated in the Government.
She was adamant. It could *never* happen here!
I was amazed.