Published: 23 August 2018
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Activists, bereaved families rap loosened gun restrictions (Times of Israel)
Relatives of people killed due to gun misuse say plan to ease firearms restrictions 'dangerous,' while women's rights groups say it will increase domestic abuse deaths
Erdan's happy trigger finger (Ynet)
Sane countries—that are not the US—seek to disarm citizens, because a gun in the hands of an unskilled citizen could be dangerous both to him and his surroundings. But the public security minister wants us to be like America. Is that what we want?
Public security minister loosens gun laws for IDF veterans (Ynet)
Under reform, applicants who served in IDF combat roles and most officers will no longer need to prove necessity in order to receive a gun license; 'In an era of lone-wolf terror attacks, the more armed civilians there are, the larger the chances of disrupting an attack,' Erdan says
Erran Morad would approve: Israel's new gun policy makes satire a reality (Haaretz)
Sacha Baron Cohen's latest character would love Israel's public security minister, who's implementing a policy to drastically lower the bar to gun ownership
Photo: Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan firing at a shooting range (Facebook)
