Been under the weather and laid up for a few days, so have been following the news more than usual.
I see that Israel has decided it is time to loosen up their very strict gun control laws/restrictions to allow more citizens to both own firearms and to be armed for possible ... eventual ... OH S*** WHAT JUST HAPPENED ... help protect themselves and the nation.
How many times do we need to witness this in other nations and in our own nation with 9/11 attacks, and other attacks caught both hear and abroad? As I laid in bed on Saturday watching the videos I listened to descriptions of the military fleet of nothing more than old pickups with mounted guns and packed with murderers with common small arms, and then I saw paragliders flying low. Crank up Hollywood for another sequel! This is nothing but Red Dawn II.
When Ukraine was attacked the government started to hand out weapons to the citizens who weren't armed, and these citizens caused major damage to the invading army. This weekend another nation was invaded, and its citizens were not armed. Not saying this wouldn't have happened if Israelites were armed, but I'm sure at least some would have been saved.
Why were we given the Second Amendment, and why is it still relevant?
Why did Union veterans Col. William C. Church and Gen. George Wingate form the National Rifle Association in 1871?
Why did Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, in 1903, approve legislation that founded a national board that began the National Matches which eventually became the CMP?
Why do we let people tell us these organizations our out of step, that the Second Amendment is about the National Guard being armed, that citizens can't fight against armies, or that nobody would ever attack our nation the way Ukraine or Israel have experienced?
For extra credit:
Does anyone have any concern over the thousands of unchecked and unvetted aliens flowing over our borders daily?