Based on conversations with people living in Israel or visiting it, I greemed a few impressions:
- Gun ownership is minimal. Most guns are lend by police or the army but not owned by the Jews.
- Arabs cannot, by and large, borrow guns or buy them.
- The age group most heavily armed (i.e. an M16 and a sidearm) are 18-21 y.o. in and out of the army, both genders.
That last statistic is interesting, as in the US that is just about the most violently criminal age group. Somehow they are more angelic in the Middle East...and I find that hard to believe. What's the explanation, then?
- Gun ownership is minimal. Most guns are lend by police or the army but not owned by the Jews.
- Arabs cannot, by and large, borrow guns or buy them.
- The age group most heavily armed (i.e. an M16 and a sidearm) are 18-21 y.o. in and out of the army, both genders.
That last statistic is interesting, as in the US that is just about the most violently criminal age group. Somehow they are more angelic in the Middle East...and I find that hard to believe. What's the explanation, then?