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Israeli gun laws have taken a dramatic turn for the worst in the last several years. I recently read an article about Israel tightening the eligibility requirements for obtaining a permit. It specifically mentioned that diamond brokers (or perhaps it was jewelers) once were automatically entitled to a permit, but no longer. The article mentioned a concerted effort by the Israeli government to reduce the number of people who could own/carry weapons. I was stunned to say the least.

In the mid 1970's, I wanted to visit Israel, but my wife was afraid to go because of terrorist attacks and we had two small kids. I talked to the Israeli consul about Americans carrying handguns and the response was "sure you can, you're an American!" I made the same call around 1995 or so and you would have thought I was asking to bring a nuke into the country. I was asked why I wanted a gun and when I said for the same reason every Israeli carries a gun, she responded "not anymore they don't."

Don't take my comments as being the list bit anti-Israel. I love that country and I'd expend every round of ammo and every nuke the U.S. has to defend Israel. But I'm dismayed to see such a dramatic and detrimental turn on the gun control issue.

Chas.