(Times of Israel) Haviv Rettig Gur - In Israel, guns are tightly controlled and carefully tracked by the state. Israelis must ask the state for a license, demonstrate a justified need to carry a firearm, and are permitted only one gun at a time. There is no inkling of a belief among Israelis that citizens should be permitted to own guns as a check on government power. Israelis expect the state to manage things in such a way that only the right people are armed. Israelis are armed not against the state, but by the state against external threats like terror attacks.
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