Israel Relaxes Gun Laws After Jerusalem Synagogue Attack

by JASmius



After one or more murderous gunmen open fire on defenseless civilians in America, the clarion cry always goes out and up for confiscation of guns, as though cracking down on the law-abiding can keep firearms out of the hands of the lawless.  After one or more murderous Muslim gunmen open fire on defenseless Jewish civilians in Jerusalem, the Israelis respond by making it easier for Jewish civilians to not be defenseless.

Do I even have to rhetorically ask which is the more rational response?:

Israel is temporarily easing its guns laws in the wake of one of the worst Palestinian attacks in the city in years, according to media reports.

“In the coming hours, I will ease restrictions on carrying weapons,” Israel’s public security minister, Yitzhak Aharonovich, said Tuesday in remarks broadcast on public radio, the AFP reported.

Two Palestinians burst into a Jerusalem synagogue Tuesday during morning services and attacked worshipers with a gun, knives and axes, killing three U.S.-Israeli citizens and a British-Israeli and wounding seven people, Israeli police said.

How exactly the rules would be adjusted isn’t clear. But speaking from the scene of the attack, the security minister suggested the rules would relax carrying restrictions for private security guards and off-duty army officers, the AFP said.

They could "adjust" the rules by allowing concealed carry for all adults, and making the adjustment permanent.  Why Israel, of all countries, hasn't encouraged an armed citizenry before now is inexplicable, but better late than never.

Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the Japanese commander of the attack on Pearl Harbor, was once asked why he thought a Japanese of invasion of the United States could never succeed.  He is said to have replied, "You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind each blade of grass."  Imagine Palestinians invading a synagogue and finding a rifle behind each pew, pointed at them and spewing a hail of lead.  Render there no such thing as a "soft" target.  That'd sure as shinola make the "active shooter" mode of terrorism a lot less attractive.