I think the issue in the US is that there are so many guns per capita and the population is so anti authority that it will take generations of confiscation before you'll get a majority of personal firearms out of personal hands.
And in the meantime you've removed the right for individuals to have the opportunity to defend themselves in dangerous situations.
It certainly happens.
Just last week I saw a video where a man ran up with a gun to start a robbery. A woman whipped a handgun out of her purse and shot him.
The idea that personal firearms can't be used for self defense is a silly argument.
I am convinced the goal was to provoke a strong response from Israel. The reason is they knew the strong response from Israel would be disproportional and would damage relations between Israel and the rest of the ME.
Israel was approaching normalized relations with most of the major Arab nations around it, most importantly SA. Normalized relations with Israel would likely mean significantly less political and economical support coming to Hamas. Without outside resources Hamas is neutered.
So, seeing the real possibility of a large reduction in their economic and political power in the horizon they took desperate action to stop it, knowing full well the outcome.
Good. Influencers are a plague.
I never watched x-files when it aired.
I tried to watch it a few years back but only made it to season 2. Maybe it gets better later, but the show was so formulaic that I grew bored of it pretty quick.
A lot of people.
Stormlight Archives vibes.
It's well documented that the leadership of both sides had some difficulty getting their soldiers to go back to fighting after the truce.
The average soldier did not want to fight. Leadership had to threaten charges of desertions and treason to get them back to fighting.
One of the reasons I'm against the current immigration policy of the US is it creates this under caste of people who can be exploited heavily by certain industries.
While in this example technically all citizens lack the same protections, the carve out in these laws always just happens to align with whatever industries rely heavily on migrant workers.
From my example it's clear the average Florida voter doesn't want an assault weapons ban, that's for sure.
It's no different, both scenarios are threats to your life until the point the trigger is pulled (then it goes from threat to attempt).