I tried to find the article where at least one kibbutz had voted itself a gun free zone within the last few years abut the searches now are filled with more recent events.Rafe wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 4:36 pm It would have changed considerably the tactics available to Hamas, or shut down the whole notion of the operation. The bulk of the attack was predicated on small cells of terrorists going house to house and killing unarmed civilians. If the Kibbutzes had had a Texas Style gun culture, windows would have bristled with rifle muzzles.
I did find this article by Emily Miller, the writer in D.C. who documented her quest to get a gun in D.C. after the "may carry" laws were overturned. She says what you said.
https://thefederalist.com/2023/10/09/is ... -possible/