(02-18-2018, 05:18 PM)B2hibry Wrote:

(02-18-2018, 05:01 PM)DragonFury Wrote: Except no teacher in Israel is actually armed and there are no guns in any classroom, instead Israeli law requires schools to have armed guards specifically trained in handling firearms. Also Isreali gun laws make it exceedingly difficult for anyone to actually obtain a gun, in fact using many of the restrictions you people say don't work. This is in addition to the fact that Israel has mandatory military service meaning every citizen is trained in proper firearm technique and safety.   

Source: http://www.israeltoday.co.il/NewsItem/ta...fault.aspx

Devil advocate... more training and more guns=less crime? Nearly 9% of the Israeli population is active in the military and carrying an "assault rifle" in public at all times and armed guards at school campuses. It sounds like it isn't restrictions working, but precisely what some are saying will work: a public show of force.

And every single one of those 9% has been extensively checked, mentally, physically and psychologically and then trained in proper gun safety and handling. More importantly; Israel only allows those with a specific and approved reason to carry firearms (either because they're military or private security or niche purposes like Olympic sport shooting). Don't have a purpose or can't pass a background check? No gun for you. That's a far cry from the "a gun in every classroom" rhetoric I see pop up after the monthly school shooting.

If the US wants put in place a system of laws and requirements like Israel has or maybe something similar to Switzerland then that would be fine, but this idea that the solution to gun violence is more guns is preposterous.

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