Not that I don't believe, it just seems so counter to the reality that is Israel. Someone answer a dumb question for me. What IS the gun law in Israel. I would think that just about every man, woman and child would carry. Damn sure wouldn't want to live there WITHOUT one.
More of the unthinking hypocracy of the American Jewish community: I'm the "black sheep" of my family, because, being Jewish, I'm supposed to hate guns and vote demonRAT. When told by a cousin that I was forbidden to own a gun, I calmy informed her that I didn't own a gun, I owned 14 guns! I also volunteered that I'd give up my guns about the same time that Israel outlawed gun ownership...
As far as the firearms laws go in Israel, just about every adult is either in the military or reserves, so it's not unusual to see lots of people carrying uzis, M-16s, or Galils on the streets, both in and out of uniform. On the other hand, I believe that permits for CCW (handguns) were fairly rare (not that much need for it, what with everyone carrying around machineguns, huh? LOL!), until recently with all of the bombing attacks.
Mark