Comments on: Grieving https://livingwithscleroderma.com/grieving/ Reflections on the Messy Complexity of Chronicity Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:14:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 By: Evelyn Herwitz https://livingwithscleroderma.com/grieving/#comment-479 Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:14:30 +0000 http://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=1178#comment-479 In reply to Kathy Pulda.

Interesting point. I just read an AP report that examines the lack of gun violence in Israel. They report that Israel has very tough gun control regulations. The only people carrying guns in public are IDF troops and licensed security guards. Everyone knows how to handle weapons, but you have to go through a lot of clearance to own one. Far fewer private gun owners there than here, and you have to prove your ability to handle the weapon and meet stringent mental health criteria to obtain a license and renew it. We have a lot to learn from them.

]]> By: Kathy Pulda https://livingwithscleroderma.com/grieving/#comment-431 Tue, 18 Dec 2012 13:42:33 +0000 http://www.livingwithscleroderma.com/?p=1178#comment-431 It occurred to me this week that young adults in Israel travel around the country in public, on duty or off, with guns and you hardly ever hear about the kind of violence
We experience here. It’s our culture but unfortunately bc of that we are in a position where we need to keep guns out of the hands of all the crazies here. My father’s best friend growing up told me that when they were preteens too young to drive, they took the train into NYC, went to Macy’s and bought a rifle which they carried home on the train. They never killed anyone, a few street lights maybe but not people!
Kathy

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