NRA: COMMON SENSE NEEDED BY ALL...

The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize nominee Jim Garrow has allegedly claimed that he was told by a top military veteran that the Obama administration’s “litmus test” for new military leaders is whether or not they will obey to give an order to those under their command, to fire on U.S. citizens in the event of citizens refusing to comply in handing over outlawed firearms. True? Who knows, but somehow when George Washington thought it prudent at the time for ordinary citizens to own firearms, the best shots could only manage 3 rounds a minute given the technology. Today's fire power could not have been envisaged by G.W. or anyone else. Though guns are ubiquitous in Israel, where most 18-year-olds are drafted into the army after high school, however, once those soldiers finish their service two or three years later, they are subject to strict civilian gun control regulations (in 2010 there were 158 deaths attributed to firearms). If Israel - who is in a constant state of war readiness - can control who owns weapons, shouldn't the U.S. get some perspective on what the founding fathers would have considered reasonable firearm possession?

Tel Aviv, Israel

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