Apr 16 2009
Israel: A Place Where You Can Defend Yourself
In continuing my freeflowing praise of Israel, I wanted to talk about something relating to Israel that I can’t stop thinking about lately.
We live in a post-9/11 world where every human being is hyper-sensitive to personal and communal security. And yet Israel, which is surrounded by hostile, historically aggressive nations on three sides, and water on the other, has figured out the secret that the rest of the world hasn’t yet.
Arm the good guys!
That’s right. The ordinary great guy walking down the street. Give him the means, the training, and the right to defend himself, and watch a society improve dramatically.
Let the police and military come afterwards to pat them on the pack for saving the day.
These are my favorite examples/proofs from the last several years:
Not very long ago a crazed Palestinian started driving a bulldozer down a crowded Jerusalem street destroying anything and everyone in its path. Someone actually jumped on the side of the bulldozer and shot the driver. Not a soldier or a policeman (or Jason Bourne, for that matter). Look at the way the hero of the day was dressed! It was just an ordinary Tuesday.
For another couple of examples check out this article (the article comes from a funny source, but the stories are 100% accurate):
http://gunowners.org/pr0202htm.htm
This article speaks of two instances where ordinary citizens shot and killed terrorists before they were able to carry out their evil deeds. If these citizens were unarmed, they would have been forced to stand there helplessly while they watched the unthinkable unfold before their very eyes.
What a blessing to have the ability to save so many souls.
Perhaps the most impressive thing Israel has to offer by way of intelligently arming its citizens is the kitat konnenut program. Individual settlements have trained and armed volunteer first response units designed to protect the homes and families of the residents. In this final article note that whereas tragedy most certainly did strike in the settlement Kiryat Arba, it was the kitat konnenut who ensured that things didn’t get far worse:
http://www.all4israel.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page&pageID=39
In conclusion, Israel is a country where the ordinary citizen is fully capable of being a hero, protecting and defending the right of our people to exist in our land! May Israel’s heroes, volunteer or not, continue to defend our homeland with success!
