Could anything resembling the Sandy Hook school massacre in the United States happen here? Some commentators maintain that Israel's relatively strict gun laws render it unlikely, but Israel Police statistics show that in 2011 there were 1,060 reported shootings involving the use of illegal weapons - and it's assumed that the actual number is even higher. The number for 2012, they say, will be even greater than...
- By JoeUSA
- 23 Dec 2012
- 11:14PM
is a main component of the Israeli economy. Israel is the fourth largest arms exporter in the world , not only high tech weapons systems but small firearms and ordnance(like the Uzi). The debate on gun control in Israel is non-existent , why would any country cut the source of its main income?.... Go to Africa and Latin America and you find many armies of dictators equipped with Israeli made weapons etc...
thank you
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