Not what I read. There gun laws are quite strict.
They have only 1.4 private guns per 100 people. They are only allowed to have 50 rounds (now 100) per person. An Infantryman's basic load is 240 rounds.
You do have a point but I don't think the lack of firearm ownership is due to their regulations since almost anyone can get a permit if they wish.
They have a different culture then we do. For example, hunting is almost nonexistent, only 15 species of birds can be hunted but no mammals and shotguns only. Hunting licenses are frozen, i.e. no new hunting licenses are issued, only renewals, since the year 2000 (currently about 2,500 licenses)
Israel's homicide rate is less than a third of America's (1.5 per 100,000 vs. 5+ per 100,000).
They don't have a sub culture committing most of their crime like we do. And in that respect, I view them as being more civilized than us.
However, following the current events taking place today, I suspect that there will be a flood of citizens taking advantage of the relaxing of their law and arming up.
I own many firearms, mostly for hunting, which I don't do anymore and numerous handguns which I inherited from my dad and several others I purchased. My enthusiasm for firearms began when I was real young and thus grew up with them. I have many friends who don't own firearms and choose not to for whatever reasons, and many others who do for the sole reason of self protection.
I suspect the reason for the low gun ownership in Israel is because they never had a reason to own one.
But now they do......