The Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on Wednesday approved in second and third readings a broad version of the "Shai Dromi Bill," which absolves from criminal responsibility anyone who kills or injures an intruder in his home, business or farm.
Cycjec writes:
[A]nd we'll fight them with slingshots...because we don't have anything else, as Winston Churchill didn't remark after the beach speech. Israel does not have a real 2nd Amendment, one needs a permit even for privately owned weapons (Haven't located a recent English language cite for this online.)
Earlier reports in e.g. the Jerusalem Post noted "police opposition. Israel has *never* had police departments as once understood(delegation without surrender of one's right of self defense,maintained and supported at the local level. Think back to the ancient "Support Your Local Police" campaigns, if you can remember that. I did see one such placard in NYC as late as the 1980s)
It has a unitary force commanded by IIRC the national government,and as such is susceptible to that government's politics and policies. It needs only to be said that recent "actions" at e.g. Amona by the "Yassamniks" as they are now popularly called was just like current "LEO" actions at NOLA (if not somewhat worse)
Microbalrog gives us further analysis of what this does and doesn't mean.
I am at a complete and total loss. How can any government made up of people who have been through what the Jewish people have been through just in the last century, even remotely consider banning firearms?
ReplyDeleteWhy is it that the Government/military doesn't mandate firearms training and concealed carry for every Israeli of military service age and over, with military weapons required in every home, school, business, and office?
Israel is surrounded by nations and factions which have been killing Jews since before World War 1, and have several times attempted to destroy the entire nation.
And the Israeli government is disarming it's own people? What in the Name of the Holy Father of Abraham are they thinking?
What unbelievable insanity! What a horrible travesty!
I have one word for you, Gaviota:
ReplyDeleteSOCIALISM.