Homeland Insecurity – The Need for More Gun Controls

I was in Israel when the news about America’s deadliest modern day mass gun massacre in Las Vegas flashed on my phone. I was there on business travelling with some first-time Christian visitors. They, like many non-Jews I know, had been concerned about going to Israel because of their fear of “security concerns.” They decided to go after I assured them there was nothing to worry about.

The subject of fear and security is the subject of my next book Custom Maid Fear for New World Disorder — Homeland Insecurity.

The Las Vegas gun massacre triggered many discussions in Israel and the U.S. about safety, fear of travel and gun controls.

Are Jerusalem, Tel Aviv or any city in Israel more dangerous than Brussels, London, New York, Paris or Las Vegas? The answer is self-evident.

Homeland insecurity is as big, if not bigger a concern today, in America and Europe than it is in Israel.

Gun controls is an issue America, a country with more than 320 million guns, has to address without the cloak of the Second Amendment. More than 33,000 people die in gun violence in the U.S. each year; 70,000 suffer from non-fatal injuries. The toll of gun violence is 100,000-plus victims a year. With more than 40 people a day dying from bullets fired from guns—many of them self-inflicted suicides—the issue can no longer be avoided.

The Supreme Court in 2008 held in District of Columbia v. Heller that individuals have a right to have guns and that most gun laws adopted by cities and states are constitutional. Since Heller was decided, federal courts have ruled in favor of gun control laws in approximately 95% of 2^nd Amendment cases.

I respect and support the 2nd Amendment and my home state in America is Arizona—an open carry state. However, I do believe the time is long overdue for America to seriously start tackling the NRA and passing laws that make Americans less likely to be needlessly slaughtered or maimed by psychopaths or the mentally ill. It is time for Congress to pass tough laws banning easily accessible weapons of war—not regulations—that are effective gun violence prevention measures.

The 1986 National Firearms Act made manufacturing, owning or transferring automatic weapons all but illegal, requiring those that own automatic weapons manufactured before the act to pay exorbitant fees and pass extensive FBI background checks. Yet legal semi-automatic rifles can be altered with bump stocks, trigger cranks and other trigger accelerators that enable a rifle to fire up to 700 rounds per minute by automatically forcing the trigger back against the shooter’s finger after each shot. The Las Vegas slaughterer of innocents had two trigger accelerators!

The Las Vegas massacre has finally breached the NRA and Republican’s solid opposition to gun controls. Polls show Americans overwhelmingly want measures to curb gun violence. We cannot just limit legislation to banning trigger accelerators.

America’s gun laws are a function and result of the democratic process—and the electoral strength—of those who oppose restrictive measures despite majorities that favor them. It is up to We the Maids—The People—to sweep in the gun control measures needed to ensure our personal safety to enjoy our lives and liberties and sweep out career politicians who continue to kowtow to the NRA.

Banning bump stocks, other trigger accelerators, safe storage rules, more vigorous prosecution of gun traffickers and requiring extensive background checks of gun buyers is in the interest of all Americans to live free of gun violence fear and do not infringe on any constitutional freedoms.