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Thursday, January 29, 2015

Rabbi Menachem Margolin and the European Jewish Congress are both wrong about guns!

In response to the slaughter of Parisian Jews last week at the hands of muslims:
A prominent Jewish leader has written to the governments of all the EU countries, calling on them to pass legislation giving special licence for Jewish people to carry guns.
In a letter sent to interior ministries around Europe and obtained by Newsweek, Rabbi Menachem Margolin, director general of the Rabbinical Centre of Europe (RCE) and the European Jewish Association (EJA) – the largest federation of Jewish organizations and communities in Europe – writes:
“We hereby ask that gun licensing laws are reviewed with immediate effect to allow designated people in the Jewish communities and institutions to own weapons for the essential protection of their communities, as well as receiving the necessary training to protect their members from potential terror attacks.”
Speaking to Newsweek, Rabbi Margolin added that he believes that “as many people within the Jewish community as possible” should carry weapons.
In response, the "European Jewish Congress" rebuked Rabbi Margolin.

They are both wrong.

The correct answer is that all people, not just Jews, should enjoy their natural right to armed self-defense.