{"id":96800,"date":"2023-10-14T01:28:31","date_gmt":"2023-10-14T06:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=96800"},"modified":"2023-10-14T01:28:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-14T06:28:31","slug":"96800","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=96800","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

AIDAN JOHNSTON: Israel Needs A Second Amendment<\/a><\/p>\n

A day after Hamas terrorists paraglided across the border from Gaza into Israel, trucked machine gun-toting killers into a music festival, mowed down families and took women, children, and grandmothers hostage, Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced a series of actions to loosen Israel\u2019s strict gun control laws.<\/p>\n

The minister\u00a0announced<\/a>\u00a0his intent to \u201callow as many citizens as possible to arm themselves and protect themselves and their environment when necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of course, with videos of terrorists kicking in doors in an Israeli village near the border and desecrating the dead bodies of babies and teenagers, it\u2019s not hard to understand why someone would make such a decision. And as an American, I can confidently say our Founding Fathers sure understood.<\/p>\n

The individual right of the people to keep and bear arms is \u201cnecessary to the security of a free state.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

But as the death toll rises and terrorists are still on the loose, one must also ask: is the Israeli government doing too little, too late?<\/p>\n

Just after Russia invaded Ukraine, the country\u00a0repealed<\/a>\u00a0its gun control laws, enacted a national right to carry and\u00a0started passing out machine guns<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ukraine waited until\u00a0after\u00a0<\/em>it was invaded by a nuclear world superpower, and we asked the same question.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lucky for Ukrainians, the remarkable shift in firearms policy helped the country hang on while the United States and other allies prepared military aid.<\/p>\n

While Israel is\u00a0also<\/a>\u00a0purchasing thousands of machine guns and handing them out now, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spent the last few years confiscating guns from local civilian security forces.<\/p>\n

So, while Hamas terrorists invaded with machine guns, grenades and missiles, these Israeli gun owners were forced to fight back with only a single handgun and 50 rounds of ammunition each.<\/p>\n

According<\/a> to one gun owner, \u201cthe IDF took our rifles recently, they left us with just a few. We repelled a Hamas commando terror cell with just pistols.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gun control left self-defenders outgunned while hundreds of completely disarmed Israelis were tortured, raped and murdered by vicious terrorists in this surprise attack.<\/p>\n

And while the new\u00a0changes<\/a>\u00a0in Israel\u2019s Firearms Licensing Division are intended to help self-defenders held up by bureaucracy and paperwork, Gun Owners of America\u00a0found<\/a>\u00a0the application portal offline and \u201cunavailable,\u201d leaving only a message from the National Forms Service stating \u201cwe apologize for the inconvenience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even if the website worked, a newly eligible applicant would still have \u201cto undergo a telephone interview\u201d and may have to wait up to \u201ca week\u201d for approval.<\/p>\n

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And after receiving government permission, a new Israeli gun owner would still only be able to purchase a\u00a0meager 100 rounds<\/a> of ammunition. I know I wouldn\u2019t be comfortable in a war zone with just a couple spare magazines.<\/p>\n

But, millions of Israelis still aren\u2019t even eligible to carry a firearm for self-defense because they do not live in an eligible settlement \u2014 despite being at war and surrounded by enemies on all sides.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, one would-be self-defender\u00a0pleaded<\/a>\u00a0with the National Defense Minister on X: \u201cDon\u2019t wait for the next holocaust. We will not forgive you. The whole country is an eligible settlement!\u201d<\/p>\n

What the National Defense Minister has done to bypass gun control laws is certainly a commendable first step and will hopefully help many defend themselves and their families amid this horrific war. But imagine if there had been armed civilians at the music festival, armed fathers protecting their families, armed good guys to fight the bloodthirsty attackers.<\/p>\n

The best time to have repealed Israel\u2019s gun control was any time before yesterday. The next best time is today. It\u2019s clear that Israel has a long way to go to protect its people.<\/p>\n

Instead of ammunition restrictions, waiting periods, and bureaucratic firearm licensing, Israel needs a Second Amendment protecting the individual right to keep and bear arms for self-defense.<\/p>\n

Gun control advocates horrified by the scenes unfolding in Israel should think about the unknown number of terrorists who have crossed over our borders undetected. Maybe that will finally wake them up to the importance of our Second Amendment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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