It’s true and false. Bluntly, it’s easy to get a weapon in Israel if you are a veteran/reservist. In fact, it’s government-supplied.
Not sure where they got the “one weapon” nonsense. I have a rifle (a select fire M4) and a 9MM Beretta. I am also in the reserves. Different rules apply in the outskirts of Judea/Samaria. There, shotguns are common for housewives.
The rules are in place, of course, because while 99% of Israeli Arabs are fantastic people — 1% of 20% is a lot of violent jihadi assholes.
They don’t serve in the IDF. Ergo, they don’t get a weapon.
It’s simply a different system. Yes, tightly controlled. But everyone that should have a weapon gets one.
Including school teachers.
That's two. It made me giggle, on long trips I carry more than that in my van. It's just a different culture. Of course her in the US, to many liberals being a veteran makes you a greater risk. Not an indicator of responsibility. That's a different culture too. Not quite sure why the comparison needs to be made. If the issue is whether large numbers of armed individuals causes crime as some here would suggest, Israel like Switzerland proves it doesn't. As I'm sure you're aware, most military bases here are gun free.
Yes, the article misses the salient point. Having lots of guns around doesn't cause mass shootings, it prevents them. All the jabber about regulation is meant to distract from the main point, that the presence of firearms has the opposite effect of what the little child minds here in the US think.