While they have how to protect schools pretty well down pat, the rest of Israel’s gun control laws don’t cut it. They’re more restrictive that anything, anywhere in the U.S.<\/p>\n
After Uvalde, op-ed suggests Israeli-style gun laws<\/a><\/p>\n As per usual, the shooting in Uvalde has sparked a ton of debate about gun control. Frankly, I expect this is going to be a major topic for at least the next week or two, if not longer.<\/p>\n And a lot of people are going to be offering up their own opinions and hot takes.<\/p>\n Take this op-ed, for example, that\u00a0suggests following Israel\u2019s lead on guns<\/a><\/p>\n The mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, makes me want to scream.<\/p>\n If you are a parent, or if you were ever a child, it\u2019s impossible to read about the\u00a0deliberate slaughter<\/a>\u00a0of 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School by an 18-year-old gunman and not want to just shut down and cry.<\/p>\n That\u2019s the natural response. After Sandy Hook. After Parkland. After Columbine. After Santa Fe….<\/p>\n One clear proof of this is Israel. Israel, like the United States, is a developed country where Uzi-toting soldiers are ubiquitous and private gun ownership is legal, though nowhere near as prevalent as it is here. But Israel had\u00a0two deaths per 100,000 residents in 2019, compared to 12 per 100,000 people in the U.S<\/a>.<\/p>\n In Israel, anyone who qualifies can get a gun \u2014 but those qualifications make all the difference. You must meet a<\/span>\u00a0list of criteria<\/a>\u00a0to ask for a license.<\/span><\/p>\n You need a note from your doctor assuring you are in sound physical and mental health. You can\u2019t have a criminal record. You must take a written and\u00a0<\/span>practical gun safety test<\/a>. You are permitted only one gun and 50 bullets at any given time. About 40% of requests for gun ownership are rejected.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIsrael\u2019s social reality \u2013 the large number of firearms on the country\u2019s streets \u2013 may look like an American conservative\u2019s utopia,\u201d Haviv Rettig Gur<\/span>\u00a0wrote in the Times of Israel<\/a>, \u201cbut it got there via a domineering statist regulatory regime that American gun control activists can only fantasize about.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n And, more importantly, they got there via the fact that the nation of Israel doesn\u2019t view the right to keep and bear arms as a right.<\/strong><\/p>\n All of those requirements\u2013things that I\u2019m simply not going to stand here and allow to happen on American soil\u2013and they\u00a0still\u00a0<\/em>deny 40 percent of requests?\u00a0How is that even close to recognizing the Second Amendment?<\/p>\n The simple answer, of course, is that it\u2019s not. It\u2019s nothing of the sort and it\u2019s absolutely insane to even suggest it. Why did the author do so? Because he thinks it\u2019s a gotcha.<\/strong><\/p>\n Most American gun owners support Israel to some degree or another. We support their right to exist and defend themselves from aggression.<\/p>\n So, in his mind, that clearly suggests we support their other domestic policies. In fact, we probably should consider reproducing them here on American shores.<\/p>\n Yet I can support a nation\u2019s right to exist and protect itself without supporting everything they\u2019ve ever done. I support Ukraine\u2019s right to exist and support them defending themselves from Russian aggression, but I can acknowledge also that there are serious problems there that they need to get in hand when this mess is over.<\/p>\n The Second Amendment clearly states that the people\u2019s right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. What is being proposed if not for a huge infringement?<\/strong><\/p>\n Not that the author really cares about that. He, like so many others, is myopic to pesky things like rights.<\/strong><\/p>\n We\u2019re not, and that\u2019s why that simply isn\u2019t going to happen.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" While they have how to protect schools pretty well down pat, the rest of Israel’s gun control laws don’t cut it. They’re more restrictive that anything, anywhere in the U.S. After Uvalde, op-ed suggests Israeli-style gun laws As per usual, the shooting in Uvalde has sparked a ton of debate about gun control. 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