{"id":7657,"date":"2023-02-20T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/?p=7657"},"modified":"2023-02-17T19:54:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T00:54:02","slug":"good-commentary-to-share","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/MassadAyoob\/good-commentary-to-share\/","title":{"rendered":"GOOD COMMENTARY TO SHARE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My old friend and colleague John Farnam has recently written<\/a>, \u201cIsrael\u2019s National Security Minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, (whom I quoted two days ago) is making big changes at his Ministry\u2019s Firearm Licensing Department<\/a>, making it vastly easier for Israeli citizens to own and carry guns for personal protection. Citing several recent examples where armed citizens incisively thwarted terrorist attacks, Ben Gvir said, \u2018These are excellent examples of the great necessity and importance of our citizens carrying guns, and we have a duty to speed-up the process and dramatically shorten the bureaucracy, for the safety of our children, for the lives of all of us!\u2019 <\/em>Currently in Israel, who want to own and carry gun(s) still have to \u2018show a need\u2019 and be personally interviewed in order to be granted a \u2018license\u2019 to do so. However, Army officers and NCOs are not required to return their guns, nor be interviewed, when they are discharged from reserve service, and citizens who have been in continuous possession of a firearm permit for ten years are now allowed to retain it indefinitely. Recently, an enormous surge in gun applications by frightened Israelis has flooded Ben Gvir\u2019s Ministry!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, from the recent book \u201cThe 2A Papers: A Collection of Essays In Support of the Second Amendment,<\/a>\u201d Allen L. Matters explains that when he was five years of age he was present when his father was struck and mortally injured by a drunk driver, but he doesn\u2019t demand that responsible people be denied access to either alcoholic beverages or motor vehicles. He quotes John F. Kennedy: \u201cIn my own native state of Massachusetts, the battle for American freedom was begun by the thousands of farmers and tradesmen who made up the Minute Men; citizens who were ready to defend their liberty at a moment\u2019s notice. Today we need a nation of minute men; citizens who are not only prepared to take up arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as a basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom. The cause of liberty, the cause of America, cannot succeed with any lesser effort.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re interested in an autographed copy of “The 2A Papers,” reach out to the author at allenlmatter@yahoo.com . <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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