Guns

An IDF soldier killed a civilian who shot at terrorists, raising hard questions about vigilante culture in Israel

The head of Israel’s Firearm Licensing Department has resigned in protest of loosened gun ownership requirements.

By Eliyahu Freedman December 4, 2023 5:59 pm

Citing antisemitism, the CEO of Kars4Kids is challenging New York’s concealed carry law in court

The plaintiffs in a gun rights lawsuit say a camp’s Orthodox Jewish character makes it vulnerable.

July 3, 2023 3:02 pm

Analysis

Jewish groups condemn Texas elementary school shooting, but only some push for action

Gun control was once a unifying issue for the Jewish organizational community across the political spectrum. Cracks are starting to show in that united front.

May 25, 2022 4:08 pm

Jewish policy umbrella adopts stances on guns and unions at odds with the Trump administration

By Ron Kampeas February 16, 2020 2:41 pm

Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in Parkland shooting, removed from State of the Union

By Marcy Oster February 5, 2020 9:36 am

West Bank Palestinian teens enter Israel carrying submachine guns

July 29, 2018 10:37 am

Suspect in shooting at Republicans baseball practice was Bernie Sanders backer

June 14, 2017 12:32 pm

Analysis

How Israel stays a ‘well-regulated militia’ with so many guns around

By Ron Kampeas June 17, 2016 11:13 pm

After anti-Semitic post, Ted Nugent joins Jewish gun rights group

February 17, 2016 3:38 pm

In L.A., children of Holocaust survivors say ‘Never Again’ — with a gun

By Anthony Weiss May 19, 2014 1:53 pm

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