Residents in settlements in Judea and Samaria demand that the IDF allow them to receive assault rifles, such as the M-16 and M-4, in order to allow them to move safely on the roads in the complex security situation. The residents agree that the IDF has a trend for several years to reduce as much as possible the The number of long weapons in the settlements, and this, according to them, at the expense of their personal security.
Residents of Judea and Samaria who meet the criteria of the Weapons Licensing Division in the Ministry of Internal Security may obtain a gun license, and many do so, but unlike the situation in the past where it was possible to sign an assault rifle, with the understanding that there are areas where a weapon with a range greater than the ten meters of a standard gun is needed , today the vast majority of requests to receive a firearm with a range that will enable the operation of a complex event on the roads in Israel are not accepted.
M-16 rifle.
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A senior security official in the Yoh says that for several years the IDF has been making efforts to reduce as much as possible the number of weapons in the hands of civilians, apparently out of fear that these will be stolen.
"There is a clear trend in which residents are not allowed to get guns, and firearms are taken from those who own them. This is unfair and illogical. If you look at the numbers of thefts from private homes, you will find that they are insignificant compared to thefts from bases, and yet residents are being taken away from their weapons."
Soldiers secure settlements.
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Residents say that this is a life-threatening situation, certainly in the current situation.
"In the second intifada and other events, we witnessed how long weapons save the lives of our neighbors and friends. With all due respect to the gun, when a terrorist with a Kalashnikov is standing in front of you, it is not a force. We see how the terrorists shoot on the roads and remain helpless in front of them."
The IDF, on the other hand, claims that the orders allow the provision of long weapons to residents who secure the settlements, and not to every citizen, and that any other resident who wishes to receive a personal weapon should contact the Ministry of Internal Security to obtain a gun license.
The Torat Lahima organization, which these days centers on requests from reservists in risk areas in the Yosh, told "Israel Hayom": "While the Minister of Defense does not allow the elimination of terrorists, who possess tens of thousands of weapons and ammunition, including IDF officers, senior IDF officers "The possibility of reservist settlers to defend themselves and their families with military weapons is inhibited, something that is enshrined in the order 2.01.07 and has always been customary in the Yosh.
We will work to change this as a fundamental national requirement."
An IDF spokesperson stated in response: "For the purpose of guarding a resident and subject to the regulated and established procedure, the IDF allows the residents to carry out the guarding using weapons provided by the army. The weapon is for the purpose of guarding only, and not for personal carrying. The method of receiving the weapon is carried out in a regulated manner and in accordance with operational considerations There has been no change in the procedures."
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