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Sam
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Sam
A nice SP1
About 25 years ago we visited Israel and on the first day, we took a walk along the Tel Aviv waterfront. There were two young women walking in front of us and I commented to my wife that they could have been our daughters - both about 19 years old, both wearing jeans, both wearing coloured T shirts and both wearing sneakers. The only difference is that both of them were also wearing M16s. A few days later, we were having dinner at an outdoor restaurant on the Sea of Galilee and I said to my wife that if anybody popped a champagne cork, she should be ready to hit the floor because I had counted 18 people in several groups (all in uniform) who were having dinner and had put their assault rifles on the floor under the table.
I can definitely understand the need for the guns but not long guns vs pistols. Perhaps the thoughts are "look, I'm armed, go away", but wearing a pistol on a holster would do the same and be more handy if SHTF.
Maybe they really like M-16's ?
I suppose everyone there is a soldier on standby---the same thing the Japs allegedly said of us during WW2 "There's a gun behind every blade of grass".
May God Bless them and watch over them!
I agree about the pistols. Easier and a lot quicker to get into action.
That is MY bad on the pistol comment. I didn't realize the women were soldiers.
It would seem though that Israel has learned it's lesson about strict gun ownership and citizens trained to operate a gun is now welcomed.
https://reason.com/2023/10/13/israel...rity-failures/
How do we know these Women are Soldiers ?
I know nothing of their gun laws.