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“As many citizens as possible who met the criteria must be armed,” Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said last week, according to the Times. “If there had been more guns in the Gaza border area, more emergency response teams, more lives could have been saved.”

Absurdity! Met the criteria? Stoopid gun laws cost many lives and will continue to if the powers that be don't pull their collective heads out. The onerous Israeli gun laws make california look like a free for all anything goes gun show. "NEVER AGAIN!" Doesn't mean much if you don't allow folks to defend themsleves unless they "meet the criteria". Eligible, criteria, may qualify...... Much dumbassery! But I did read they raised the "allowable" number rounds you "may" be "allowed" to have from 50 to 100. All acountable for of course. WTAH?

1 posted on 12/17/2023 7:51:52 AM PST by rktman
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To: rktman

I wonder if israel will go after the guns once the dust settles? They were pretty anti guns for citizens before the attack. Hopefully th3y have smartened up and Will allow the citizens to arm up to defend themselves in the future!


2 posted on 12/17/2023 7:54:03 AM PST by Bob434
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To: rktman

[[”meet the criteria”.]]

Let’s see- Are they Jewish? Check!

Are they Hated by Muslims who want to see them eradicated? Check!

Does much of the world hate them too jusy because they are God’s chosen people? Check!

CRITERIA MET!


3 posted on 12/17/2023 7:57:08 AM PST by Bob434
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To: rktman

I went to a pistol range in Nashville last month and asked if they had seen an increase in Jewish clientele taking intro lessons, and they said “absolutely, yes.”


4 posted on 12/17/2023 7:58:08 AM PST by babble-on
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To: rktman

Life, liberty and its necessary corollary,s the right to defend your life.

Gang force, anti-life collective force, GOVERNMENT force v the innocent individual.


5 posted on 12/17/2023 8:00:21 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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Instead of going around supporting gay rights in foreign countries America should be promoting gun ownership.


13 posted on 12/17/2023 8:21:15 AM PST by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: rktman

Duh . . . What do they need guns for with Joe Biden protecting them?


14 posted on 12/17/2023 8:23:13 AM PST by 2nd Amendment
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Gun laws or no gun laws, a lot of Israelis are going to keep guns from now on, if they have to they will seek them on the black market and keep them secret, but many will refuse to be unarmed again, no matter how the political winds blow in the future.


15 posted on 12/17/2023 8:29:44 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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"As many citizens as possible who met the criteria must be armed..."

Somebody still doesn't get it.

17 posted on 12/17/2023 8:38:55 AM PST by OKSooner ("You won't like what comes after America." - Leonard Cohen.)
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It was shocking to see ZERO return fire from the citizenry of Israel during the October 7 attacks. I can’t think of even ONE incident. Now we know the reasons why; only a paltry number of Israeli Jews (and trustworthy gentiles) keep firearms in their homes.

The October 7 attack could have ended in complete fiasco (for Hamas) if gun ownership was common amongst Israeli Jews. Especially the ownership semi-auto magazine loaded rifles, i.e. “assault rifles.” Every Jew living within 20 miles of Gaza should have been armed, provided that they could pass a commonsense background check.


22 posted on 12/17/2023 8:50:07 AM PST by LuxAerterna
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Americans better start paying attention. This war has moved into America. So whose side are you on? The Israelis or the Muzzie Killer Terrorists? We know where the Poison Ivy Leaguers and their Caribbeaner Presidents stand.


28 posted on 12/17/2023 9:31:58 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Deport that racist Chinese biatch, Mitch Wu! America doesn't need Chinese booschidt racism.)
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“Until Oct. 7, the private weapons policy in Israel was fairly well-balanced,”

Seems like the policy was a bit draconain. Oppressive. Authoritarian. And it created a very unsafe environment for the citizens subjects.

29 posted on 12/17/2023 9:33:53 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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“If there had been more guns in the Gaza border area, more emergency response teams, more lives could have been saved.”

There never would have been an attack in the first place.

31 posted on 12/17/2023 9:50:37 AM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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One Hundred rounds....
Are you Kidding Me?
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Of course Israel 🇮🇱
.


32 posted on 12/17/2023 9:54:59 AM PST by Big Red Badger (The Truman Show)
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7.3 million Israeli Jewish citizens or residents.

186,000 licensed gun owners on 07 October.

Possibly - Arab gun owners in that 186,000?

At most - 2.5% of the Jewish population is armed.

I read somewhere that Israeli private citizens are not allowed to own semi-automatic rifles.

I do not have a link for that statement.

34 posted on 12/17/2023 10:03:31 AM PST by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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“The country approved 26,000 licenses in the past eight weeks along with 44,000 “conditional approval” licenses, according to the Times.”

Much better than New York.


46 posted on 12/17/2023 11:41:04 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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Every free citizen should be armed. Every free citizen should, from the age of majority, bear arms at all times in all places. Citizens who have been convicted of crimes and completed their sentence should regain their enfranchizement and should be armed. Hezbola, PLO, Hamas and other towel head problems drop to a statistical zero.


48 posted on 12/17/2023 11:56:30 AM PST by Lion Den Dan ( )
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Every free citizen should be armed. Every free citizen should, from the age of majority, bear arms at all times in all places. Citizens who have been convicted of crimes and completed their sentence should regain their enfranchisement and should be armed. Hezbola, PLO, Hamas and other towel head problems drop to a statistical zero.
49 posted on 12/17/2023 11:57:31 AM PST by Lion Den Dan ( )
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1. Itamar Ben-Gvir is a right-winger, who drives the left insane. He's a member of Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power), and is a religious Zionist and Kahanist, who has said "no Arabs, no terrorism."
2. Anyone who is in the reseerves is assumed to be able to properly fire a gun. Those who never served or retired need to gain or show competency in the safe use of a firearm.
3. Israel needs to run background checks.
62 posted on 12/17/2023 10:08:43 PM PST by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers." )
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