This past December, the issue of gun control was again pushed to the fore when a shooting at an elementary school 11 days before Christmas killed many 6- and 7-year-olds and their teachers. It was a tragedy which most of us can’t even begin to understand.

To have a conversation about guns –a dialog — we need to consider all possible options. And to do that, we need to find out what works. Not just in theory; we need to know what has worked well over a long period of time. Perhaps we should do what the President does to keep his girls safe. I’d also like to look at the history of school shooting deaths in Israel.

“Israel?â€, you might say. “What can a nation with a population of 8 million tell the US, a nation of 300 million, about gun laws?†What indeed. Let’s look at their history of school shooting deaths. What did they do to completely stop school shooting deaths for more than 30 years?

A city in the metro Atlanta area, Kennesaw, GA, passed a law in 1982 that all heads of households were to own a firearm. The law is never really enforced (it has enough exceptions in it if you really don’t want to), but it’s on the books.

What happened in Israel to stop school shooting deaths? What happened in Kennesaw after the  mandatory gun ownership law? Listen in to find out.

Mentioned links:

The SciFi Christian

Wikipedia: School shooting

Wikipedia: Ma’alot massacre

Wikipedia: List of school shootings in the United States

Wikipedia: Gun laws in Illinois, History

Chicago Homicides Exceed U.S. Iraq Deaths: Is It News?

2 teens on West Side among 15 shot, 3 fatally, on New Year’s Day

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