The Israeli government is debunking untruths being promoted by the NRA.
Yigal Palmor, spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry told the NY Daily News that NRA head Wayne LaPierre was lying when he claimed the country “had a whole lot of school shootings” and “put armed security in every school” during an appearance on NBC’s Meet The Press.
Palmor told the paper, “We didn’t have a series of school shootings, and they had nothing to do with the issue at hand in the United States.” He continued, “What removed the danger was not the armed guards but an overall anti-terror policy and anti-terror operations which brought street terrorism down to nearly zero over a number of years.”
He also explained that gun control laws in Israel are quite strict : “Israeli citizens are not allowed to carry guns unless they are serving in the army or working in security-related jobs that require them to use a weapon.”
The NRA has recently launched a public relations offensive to prevent laws that would protect American citizens from the proliferation of guns. The NRA has blamed the attack on video games and the media, rather than easily accessible military-style firearms, and the common availability of bullets.
Yigal Palmor, spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry told the NY Daily News that NRA head Wayne LaPierre was lying when he claimed the country “had a whole lot of school shootings” and “put armed security in every school” during an appearance on NBC’s Meet The Press.
Palmor told the paper, “We didn’t have a series of school shootings, and they had nothing to do with the issue at hand in the United States.” He continued, “What removed the danger was not the armed guards but an overall anti-terror policy and anti-terror operations which brought street terrorism down to nearly zero over a number of years.”
He also explained that gun control laws in Israel are quite strict : “Israeli citizens are not allowed to carry guns unless they are serving in the army or working in security-related jobs that require them to use a weapon.”
The NRA has recently launched a public relations offensive to prevent laws that would protect American citizens from the proliferation of guns. The NRA has blamed the attack on video games and the media, rather than easily accessible military-style firearms, and the common availability of bullets.
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