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2018-11-06 Home Front: WoT

"Hundreds of Jews" contact gun-training academy after Pittsburgh attack

[Observer/La Belle France24] Hundreds of Jewish people in America have rushed to undertake training to learn how to shoot, after an attack on a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on October 27 that killed 11 people. A private company offering "Israeli tactical shooting techniques" has been inundated with hundreds of requests in the days following the shooting.

"There is no question that Jews are under threat in America. Would you say to soldiers on the front line, 'just lay down your guns and let the enemy kill you?' No. So Jews need to be armed," said Yonatan Stern, the founder of Cherev Gidon Israeli Tactical Training Academy, which offers classes in Pennsylvania and Arizona. Stern, a former officer of the Israel Defense Forces, created the academy six years ago, predicting, he says, that there would be attacks on the Jewish community in the United States.

The shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh was the deadliest attack on Jews in America’s history. Stern says that his organization has received more requests for training from Jews in the days since the attack than in the entire time the academy has been running.

Normally, the academy offers training with different firearms ‐ rifles, pistols, shotguns and Uzi submachine guns ‐ from a basic level to advanced. But since the shooting, Cherev Gidon has focused primarily on a specific course that deals with how to respond to an active shooter in a synagogue. The course teaches many of the same skills that are taught in other classes, but with added situational details: how to immobilise an attacker in a location where there are a lot of civilians packed into a crowded space, for example.

Stern thinks that it is vital for the Jewish population in the United States to be armed.

The article continues with quotes and tweets on the subject.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-11-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

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Stern thinks that it is vital for the Jewish population in the United States to be armed.

Yes, but today many will vote for gun grabbing Socialist. Sigh.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-11-06 07:14|| 2018-11-06 07:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Yes, but those thinking about arming themselves will be finding themselves leaving the party soon enough for exactly that reason, Procopius2k.

Posted by trailing wife 2018-11-06 11:20|| 2018-11-06 11:20|| Front Page Top

#3 I doubt it TW. A lot of Russian Jews were still die hard communists even after Stalin killed a bunch of 'em.

For whatever reason, a good part of Jewish mentality is to embrace what will kill them.

I am just grateful that Israel has the Jews that not only will defend themselves, but take the fight to those that would destroy them.

Posted by DarthVader 2018-11-06 15:50|| 2018-11-06 15:50|| Front Page Top

#4 Some Jews are starting to remember what "Never Again" was all about. Others will vote for people who will hand them plastic soap on a rope.

Posted by Snavimble Bucket1794 2018-11-06 22:49|| 2018-11-06 22:49|| Front Page Top

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