GUN CONTROL AND JEWS

Jews and Gun Control: A Reprise
http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2014/08/jews-and-gun-control-a-reprise/

Jews and Jewish Organizations Lead the Gun Control Campaign
http://www.theoccidentalobserver.net/2013/01/jews-and-jewish-organizations-lead-the-gun-control-campaign/

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Jewish Gun Control Backers plan New Push
http://forward.com/articles/175270/jewish-gun-control-backers-plan-new-push/?p=all

Jewish Lawmakers lead Push for Gun Control
http://forward.com/articles/167787/jewish-lawmakers-lead-push-for-gun-control/?p=all

Jewish Leaders slam NRA Plan for More Guns
http://forward.com/articles/168127/jewish-leaders-slam-nra-plan-for-more-guns/?p=all

Jewish Groups push for Action on Gun Control
http://www.jta.org/2012/12/18/news-opinion/politics/jewish-groups-push-for-action-on-gun-control

Jewish Umbrella Group backs New Gun Controls
http://forward.com/articles/172808/jewish-umbrella-group-backs-new-gun-controls/

After Newtown, Jews lead Renewed Push on Guns
http://forward.com/articles/168063/after-newtown-jews-lead-renewed-push-on-guns/?p=all

Jewish Groups urge Senate to pass Gun Control Legislation
http://www.jta.org/2013/04/11/news-opinion/united-states/jewish-groups-urge-senate-to-pass-gun-control-legislation

Jewish Politicians lead Chorus calling for Tighter Gun Laws
http://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-politicians-join-chorus-calling-for-tighter-gun-laws/

Jewish Religious, Lay Leaders join call to Ban Assault Weapons
http://www.jewishjournal.com/nation/article/jewish_religious_lay_leaders_join_call_to_ban_assault_weapons

Jewish Groups and Lawmakers seeking Gun Control get Major Boost from Obama
http://www.timesofisrael.com/obama-backs-california-senators-assault-weapons-ban-as-jewish-groups-work-toward-gun-control/

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Reform Judaism - Gun Violence Prevention
http://www.reformjudaism.org/blog/2013/12/30/gun-violence-prevention-looking-back-and-looking-forward

The Rabbinical Assembly - Sources on Gun Violence
http://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/sites/default/files/public/resources-ideas/source-sheets/rabbinical-assembly-gun-violence-source-sheet.pdf

Jewish Community Action - Gun Violence Prevention
http://jewishcommunityaction.org/gun-violence-prevention

Union for Reform Judaism - Resolution on Ending Gun Violence
http://urj.org//about/union/governance/reso//?syspage=article&item_id=1982

Orthodox Union supports Federal Legislation to prevent Gun Violence
https://www.ou.org/news/ou_supports_federal_legislation_to_prevent_gun_violence/

Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism - Gun Violence Prevention
http://www.rac.org/gun-violence-prevention

United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism - 2012 Resolution on Gun Control
http://www.uscj.org/aboutus/resolutions/resolutionsbyyear/_2012/guncontrol.aspx

Rabbinical Council of America - 2014 Resolution on Gun Violence in America
http://www.rabbis.org/news/article.cfm?id=105804

The Rabbinical Assembly - Resolution on Sensible Gun Control in the United States
http://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/story/resolution-sensible-gun-control-united-states?tp=1355

The Rabbinical Assembly - Gun Control Resources for Leaders in the Jewish Community
http://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/story/gun-control-resources-leaders-jewish-community?tp=1367

The Rabbinical Assembly - Conservative Movement Leaders express Need for Restrictions on Gun Ownership
http://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/story/conservative-movement-leaders-express-need-restrictions-gun-ownership?tp=25

American Jewish Congress - Petition to the Congress of the United States calling for the Passage of Meaningful Gun Control Legislation
http://www.ajcongress.org/site/PageServer?pagename=gcimage6

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Rabbis Unite for Stricter Gun Laws
http://forward.com/articles/161397/rabbis-unite-for-stricter-gun-laws/

Jewish American Rabbis join Gun Control Call
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/jewish-american-rabbis-join-gun-control-call-1.489194

Rabbis Preach Gun Control in Nation’s Capital
http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/67632/rabbis-preach-gun-control-in-nations-capital/

Rabbi Writes Special Prayer for Newtown Anniversary
http://www.timesofisrael.com/rabbi-writes-special-prayer-for-newtown-anniversary/

His Father’s Murder Drives a Rabbi’s Pursuit of Gun Control
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/20/us/rabbi-pursues-gun-control-as-his-moral-cause.html

Newtown Rabbi: Gun Control, Anti-Bullying Policies are Vital
http://www.thejewishweek.com/editorial-opinion/opinion/newtown-rabbi-gun-control-anti-bullying-policies-are-vital

Two Rabbis Fight for Gun Control from Pulpit — and the Heart
http://forward.com/articles/191162/two-rabbis-fight-for-gun-control-from-pulpit-and/?p=all

Bay Area Jewish Moms take Leading Role in Campaign against Gun Violence
http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/67916/bay-area-jewish-moms-take-leading-role-in-campaign-against-gun-violence/

Galvanized by Gun Violence: Local Jews getting Involved in Efforts to Stem the Tide
http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/67750/galvanized-by-gun-violence-local-jews-getting-involved-in-efforts-to-stem-t/

Jewish Youths, with Newtown on their Minds, Rally against Gun Violence at USY Convention
http://www.jns.org/latest-articles/2012/12/31/jewish-youths-with-newtown-on-their-minds-rally-against-gun.html

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Jews and Guns
http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/4797/features/jews-and-guns/

Jews and Gun Control
http://www.jewish-american-society-for-historic-preservation.org/images/Jews_and_Gun_Control.pdf

Gun Violence Resources
http://rabbicreditor.blogspot.com/p/gun-violence-resources.html

Guns are out of Control
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/rabbis-without-borders/2014/06/11/guns-are-out-of-control/

Gun Control After Paris
http://www.algemeiner.com/2015/01/26/gun-control-after-paris/

Gun Worship is Blasphemy
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-eric-h-yoffie/gun-worship-is-blasphemy_b_2307821.html

Taking Aim At Gun Violence
http://jewishtimes.com/16250/taking-aim-at-gun-violence/

Gun Control: A Jewish Look
http://www.jlaw.com/Commentary/guncontrol.html

The Jewish View on Weapons
http://tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/119539/what-judaism-says-about-weapons

Gun Control Vs. Gun Rights
http://www.thejewishweek.com/features/street-torah/gun-control-vs-gun-rights

Jews and Gun Violence: An Update
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-menachem-creditor/jews-and-gun-violence-an-_b_4938624.html

Gun Violence in America: Scandal!
http://www.jewishjournal.com/rob_eshman/article/gun_violence_in_america_scandal

We Will not Give up on Gun Control
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-eric-h-yoffie/we-will-not-give-up-on-gun-control_b_3105766.html

Halakhic Perspectives on Gun Control
http://www.academia.edu/9353984/Halakhic_Perspectives_on_Gun_Control

Guns, Gun Control, and American Jews
http://shma.com/2013/07/guns-gun-control-and-american-jews-2/

Gun Control and the Limits of Halakhah
http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/5713/features/gun-control-and-the-limits-of-halakhah/

What does Judaism say about Gun Control?
http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/507002/jewish/What-Does-Judaism-Say-About-Gun-Control.htm

Jews and Guns: What’s our Responsibility?
http://jewishsound.org/jews-and-guns-whats-our-responsibility/

What is the Jewish Position on Gun Control?
http://www.jewishjournal.com/opinion/article/what_is_the_jewish_position_on_gun_control

Jews and Gun Control: Where is the Outrage?
http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/05/28/jews-and-gun-control-where-is-the-outrage/

Gun Violence: A Jewish Issue, a Student Issue
http://newvoices.org/2012/12/20/gun-violence-a-jewish-issue-a-student-issue/

Forum on Gun Violence reflects Community’s Attitudes
http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/new-york-news/forum-gun-violence-reflects-communitys-attitudes-story-and-video

Gun Control, Halakhah, and History: Further Thoughts
http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/5788/features/gun-control-halakhah-and-history-further-thoughts/

Should Jews be for or against the Right to Bear Arms?
http://www.momentmag.com/rabbis/

National Gun Violence Prevention Sabbath Weekend 2014
http://www.jewishrecon.org/resource/national-gun-violence-prevention-sabbath-weekend-2014

Jewish Ethics: Hillel and Shamai Weigh in on Gun Rights
http://www.momentmag.com/hillel-and-shamai-on-gun-rights/

Jewish Groups see Major Shift in Priority of Gun Control
http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/national/jewish-groups-see-major-shift-priority-gun-control

The Weapon's Shame: A Case for Gun Control in Jewish Law
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ari-hart/the-weapons-shame-a-case-for-gun-control-in-jewish-law_b_2313505.html

Question of the Day: Why Are American Jews Pro-Gun Control?
http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2010/10/robert-farago/question-of-the-day-why-are-americanjews-so-pro-gun-control/

Gun Control vs. the Right to Bear Arms: A Jewish Point of View
http://www.jns.org/latest-articles/2012/12/31/gun-control-vs-the-right-to-bear-arms-a-jewish-point-of-view.html

Jewish Ethics and Gun Control: Swords, Dogs, and Stumbling Blocks
http://www.jewishboston.com/ronpies/blogs/4716-jewish-ethics-and-gun-control-swords-dogs-and-stumbling-blocks

U.S. Jews support Gun Control, but the Political Debate ignores It
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/u-s-jews-support-gun-control-but-the-political-debate-ignores-it-1.453018

What do Contemporary Rabbis say about Self Defense and Gun Control in the Present?
http://www.jewishvaluesonline.org/question.php?id=118

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Jews and Guns
http://rabbipruzansky.com/2014/09/17/jews-and-guns/

Jews Stick to their Guns
http://www.mishpacha.com/Browse/Article/2911/Jews-Stick-to-Their-Guns

Bring your Gun to Synagogue
http://www.jewishjournal.com/opinion/article/bring_your_gun_to_synagogue

Jewish Gun Leaders come out Firing
http://forward.com/articles/169077/jewish-gun-leaders-come-out-firing/?p=all

Self-Defense or Unnecessary Danger?
http://jstandard.com/content/item/self-defense_or_unnecessary_danger/31627

Jewish Women Supporting Gun Ownership
http://www.jwsgo.org/

U.S. Jews divided over Right to bear Arms
http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-features/1.616020#

Meet Aaron Zelman, the Jew who loved Guns
http://forward.com/articles/172210/meet-aaron-zelman-the-jew-who-loved-guns/?p=all

Gun Club cites Torah in Defense of Firearms
http://njjewishnews.com/article/24949/gun-club-cites-torah-in-defense-of-firearms

NJ ‘Gun Rabbi’ teaches Torah of Self-Defense
http://njjewishnews.com/article/5597/nj-gun-rabbi-teaches-torah-of-self-defense

Do Jewish "Gun Control" Advocates Fuel Anti-Semitism?
http://jpfo.org/rabbi/rabbi-anti-semitic-jewish-gc.htm

Rabbis reject Calls for ‘Gun Control’ by Jewish Religious Groups
http://www.examiner.com/article/rabbis-reject-calls-for-gun-control-by-jewish-religious-groups

Orthodox Jewish NJ Shooting Club Challenges OU & RCA on Gun Control
http://jpupdates.com/2014/11/10/orthodox-jewish-nj-shooting-club-challenges-ou-rca-gun-control/

Orthodox Gun Club takes on Rabbinical Organizations’ Gun Control Stance
http://www.vosizneias.com/183588/2014/11/09/new-york-orthodox-gun-club-takes-on-rabbinical-organizations-gun-control-stance/

Rabbis, Jewish Gun Club oppose RCA and OU’s ‘Arbitrary’ Gun Control Support
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/rabbis-jewish-gun-club-oppose-rca-and-ous-endorsement-of-arbitrary-gun-control/2014/09/16/0/

Do we need Greater Gun Control? Jewish Texts support Right to bear Arms as Ethical Obligation
http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/67438/do-we-need-greater-gun-control-jewish-texts-support-right-to-bear-arms-as-e/

‘The Purpose of our Organization is Plain and Simple: To Destroy Gun Control’ — Meet the Jewish Group behind that Mantra
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/01/28/this-orthodox-jewish-rabbi-is-an-nra-instructor-who-believes-jews-should-know-how-to-shoot-a-gun/

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It’s Time for Europe’s Jews to arm Themselves
http://tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/189100/arming-europes-jews

Give some Jews Guns, Jewish Group urges EU Ministers
http://www.jta.org/2015/01/15/default/give-some-jews-guns-brussels-based-group-urges-eu-ministers

Europe’s Leading Rabbi: Jews must begin Carrying Guns
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/europes-leading-rabbi-jews-must-begin-carrying-guns/

Europe's Chief Rabbi wants EU to allow Jews to Carry Guns
http://sputniknews.com/news/20150116/1016979199.html

Prominent Rabbi calls on Europe to allow Jews to Carry Guns
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/189932

Let Jews carry Guns for Self-Protection, Leading Rabbi urges EU
http://rt.com/news/223191-eu-jews-letter-guns/

Change Gun Laws in Europe to let Jews Carry Arms, says Leading Rabbi
http://www.newsweek.com/change-gun-laws-europe-let-jews-carry-arms-says-leading-rabbi-299102

Belgium - Charedi Rabbi calls for Gun Law Changes in Europe, Jews should Arm for Self Defense
http://www.vosizneias.com/191186/2015/01/14/belgium-charedi-rabbi-calls-for-gun-law-changes-in-europe-jews-should-carry-guns-for-self-defense/

Europe's Top Rabbis petition the EU demanding New Laws that allow Jews to carry Guns to Protect Themselves
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2913273/Europe-s-rabbis-petition-EU-demanding-new-laws-allow-Jews-carry-guns-protect-wake-recent-terror-attacks.html

Let Jewish people carry Guns: Top Rabbi urges EU to pass Law 'For Essential Protection' following Paris Attacks
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/let-jewish-people-carry-guns-top-rabbi-urges-eu-pass-law-essential-protection-following-1483260

European Jewish Leader to Governments: Change laws to let Jews carry Guns that would allow them to feel 'More Secure'
http://ejpress.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51256&catid=10

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Most U.S. Federal gun control legislation was written, introduced, and sponsored by Jewish Congressmen/Senators:

U.S. Federal Gun Control Legislation, 1968 - 2005

1968:  The Gun Control Act of 1968 comes from Congressman Emanuel Celler’s House bill H.R.17735.  It expands legislation already attempted by the non-Jewish Senator Thomas Dodd.  America’s biggest and most far-reaching gun law came from a Jew.

1988:  Senator Howard Metzenbaum sponsors Senate bill S.1523.  It proposes legislation turning every violation of the Gun Control Act of 1968 into a RICO predicate offense, allowing a gun owner to be charged with federal racketeering offenses.

1988:  Senator Howard Metzenbaum co-sponsors a bill - S.2180 - to ban, or limit/restrict, so-called “plastic guns.”

1990:  Senator Herbert Kohl introduces bill S.2070, the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990, which bans gun possession in a school zone.  The law will later be struck down in court as unconstitutional.

1993:  Senator Howard Metzenbaum sponsors Senate bill S.653.  It bans specific semiautomatic rifles, but also gives the Secretary of the Treasury the power to add any semiautomatic firearm to the list at a later date.

February, 1994:  The Brady Law, which requires waiting periods to buy handguns, becomes effective.  Senator Howard Metzenbaum wrote the Brady Bill.  Senator Metzenbaum sponsored the bill in the Senate.  The sponsor of the bill in the House was Congressman Charles Schumer.

1994:  Senator Howard Metzenbaum introduces S.1878, the Gun Violence Prevention Act of 1994, aka “Brady II.”  Congressman Charles Schumer sponsored “Brady II” sister legislation [H.R. 1321] in the U.S. House of Representatives.

September, 1994:  The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 goes into effect, including a provision that bans the manufacture and possession of semiautomatic rifles described as “assault weapons.” [Note: true assault weapons are fully automatic, not semiautomatic].  That gun-ban provision was authored in the Senate by Senator Dianne Feinstein and authored in the House by Congressman Charles Schumer.

1995:  Senators Kohl, Specter, Feinstein, Lautenberg and others introduce the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1995, an amended version of the 1990 school-zone law which was struck down in court as being unconstitutional.

September, 1996:  The Lautenberg Domestic Confiscation provision becomes law.  It is part of a larger omnibus appropriations bill.  It was sponsored by Senator Frank Lautenberg.  It bans people convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence from ever owning a gun.

1997:  Senate bill S.54, the Federal Gang Violence Act of 1997, proposes much harsher sentences for people violating minor gun laws, including mandatory prison sentences and forfeiture of property.  It was introduced by Senator Dianne Feinstein and Senator Hatch, among others.  It returns the idea of turning every violation of the Gun Control Act of 1968 into a RICO predicate offense.

January, 1999:  Senator Barbara Boxer introduces bill S.193, the American Handgun Standards Act of 1999.

January, 1999:  Senator Herbert Kohl introduces bill S.149, the Child Safety Lock Act of 1999.  It would require a child safety lock in connection with transfer of a handgun.

February,1999:  Senator Frank Lautenberg introduces bill S.407, the Stop Gun Trafficking Act of 1999.

February, 1999:  Senator Frank Lautenberg introduces S.443, the Gun Show Accountability Act of 1999.

March, 1999:  Senator Frank Lautenberg introduces bill S.560, the Gun Industry Accountability Act of 1999.

March, 1999:  Senator Dianne Feinstein introduces bill S.594, the Large Capacity Ammunition Magazine Import Ban Act of 1999.

May, 2000:  Senators Feinstein, Boxer, Lautenberg, and Schumer sponsor Senate bill S.2515, the Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2000.  It is a plan for a national firearms licensing system.

January, 2001:  Senators Feinstein, Schumer, and Boxer sponsor Senate bill S.25, the Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act of 2001.  It is a nation-wide gun registration plan [apparently there were two versions of that Firearm Licensing and Record of Sale Act bill].

May, 2003:  Senators Feinstein, Schumer, Boxer, and others introduce legislation that would reauthorize the 1994 federal assault weapons ban, and, close a loophole in the law that allows large-capacity ammunition magazines to be imported into the U.S.  The ban expired in September, 2004.

October, 2003:  Senators Feinstein, Lautenberg, Levin, and Schumer co-sponsor bill S.1774, designed to stop the sunset [ending] of the Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988.

March, 2005:  Senator Frank Lautenberg introduces bill S.645, “to reinstate the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act,” in other words, to reinstate the 1994 assault-rifle ban [also known as the “Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994”] which expired in late 2004.

March, 2005:  Senator Dianne Feinstein introduces bill S.620, “to reinstate the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act,” in other words, to reinstate the 1994 assault-rifle ban [also known as the “Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994”] which expired in late 2004.

July, 2005:  Senator Dianne Feinstein introduces bill S.A.1621 - Fifty-Caliber Sniper Weapons.  This amendment would convert all .50 BMG firearms to NFA weapons.

July, 2005:  Senator Dianne Feinstein introduces bill S.A.1622 - Fifty-Caliber Exclusion to S.397.  This amendment would modify S.397 to allow suits when the firearm involved was a .50 caliber weapon.

July, 2005:  Senator Barbara Boxer introduces bill S.A.1633 - BATFE Safety Standards.  This amendment allows law suits to continue/be brought if the product did not meet the safety standards as defined by the BATFE.

July, 2005:  Senator Barbara Boxer introduces bill S.A.1634 - ‘Sporting Use’ on Domestic Handguns.  Applying ’sporting use’ clause requirements to domestic handguns could, almost completely, dry up the handgun availability in the United States.

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Barbara Boxer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Boxer

Emanuel Celler
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Celler

Dianne Feinstein
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein

Herbert Kohl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Kohl

Thomas Lantos
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lantos

Frank Lautenberg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lautenberg

Carl Levin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Levin

Howard Metzenbaum
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Metzenbaum

Jerrold Nadler
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerrold_Nadler

Steven Rothman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Rothman

Charles Schumer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Schumer

Arlen Specter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlen_Specter