I was in Israel during the second intifada. Everyone open carried. Many people had guns. I was back in Israel about a year ago. No guns in sight. What happened?
It would appear that Israel depends on an armed perimeter at its borders in order to assure public safety.
Hopefully, they will see the folly of their ways, and reconsider their current circumstance and status.
Once Hamas had broken through the perimeter, there was no way for police, or public authorities, or civilians to defend themselves.
"You learn more from your failures than you do through your successes" - Hopefully an unfortunate lesson learned the 'hard way'.
If they don't learn from this experience and change their behavior and laws, ..it will occur again.
What did happen?
Several years ago, I recall seeing several photos of Israeli women open carrying AR-15 weapons?
Since ALL Israelis have to serve in the military, one would presume that ALL Israelis have weapon training!
Something ain’t right, Israel!