Re: FBI: More Guns == Less Crime

[Imri Goldberg <lorgandon () gmail com>]

Most Israeli soldiers are issued guns during basic training, but during
service all "jobnicks" (non-fighters and those not in forward bases) do not
carry weapons. Until recently all officers had to carry a weapon as well,
but that rule was taken down a few years ago.

Since:
1. Israeli soldiers are free to use public transportation,
2. soldiers (fighters) have short leaves every week or three at the most,
3. jobnicks get back home every day and
4. there is mandatory conscription for most Israelis,

you'll be seeing many soldiers on the streets at any given time. Many of
them carrying weapons.
My cousin (from the US, visiting Israel) just sms-ed me from the train,
telling me that a soldier in front of him had his weapon directed at him
because he was slouching. He thought it would make a funny picture.

(Note: it's Saturday night. He's either returning or getting back from base.
Any soldier would be slouching :)

Cheers,
Imri



On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 3:39 PM, Larry Seltzer <larry () larryseltzer com>wrote:

> I am informed offline that Israel actually has fairly tight gun control.
> I have many relatives there any my memory from 20-something years ago is
> that many of them had guns in the home. Perhaps it's complicated.
>
> Larry Seltzer
> Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
> larry_seltzer () ziffdavis com
> http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/
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