[zeestephen]

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.

[rktman]

Thanks.

[jjotto]

https://www.algemeiner.com/2023/02/27/firearm-licensing-in-israel-how-strict-are-the-jewish-states-gun-laws/

[Ransomed]

The only thing I can think of is that they gamed it out and arming their 20% or so arab population loses more lives in an invasion type scenario because segments of their own population would be fighting on the wrong side. I guess maybe they just don’t have the political will to restrict ownership of effective small arms to their regular Jewish civilian population. Seems like a pretty cost effective deterrent when compared to sophisticated weapon systems they need foreign aid to field.

But who knows, they certainly don’t seem to bring any of this up publicly, which is pretty understandable I guess if there is any truth to it.

Freegards