The Seattle Allied Jewish Federation was attacked today, apparently by a lone Pakistani gunman with a criminal history, who identified hiimself as an American Muslim angry at Israel.
Federation and the local ADL here in Denver are responding by paying for security tomorrow morning at all area synagogues. I'm sure that west coast synagogues will also be able to take appropriate measures, but since the attack happened at about 7:00 PM Eastern Time, it may be up to New York City to do something about the shuls there.
There's no word on the man's citizenship status or the nature of his criminal background, but there's only one combination of events that shouldn't have resulted in his deportation - if his crimes were committed after he became a citizen. Anything else would be another reminder of the suicidal nature of our immigration policies.
Time to finish getting that concealed carry permit, I suppose. Sigh.
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Well, get your little permission slip from Big Brother to defend your God-given rights if you must. I'll be sure to visit you in the Gun Owner's Re-education detention camp after they round you up and disarm you (assuming you put your real name and address on your application form). Honestly, of all people, I would think Jews would be the most mindful of the historic pitfalls of government-controlled firearm rights (http://www.jpfo.org/). But then, history has shown that Jews, of all people, also have the shortest memories of what will harm them.
Posted by: Kappy | July 29, 2006 9:18 PM
I would get one, Joshua. There are some pretty good gun safety courses available in Denver. We were thinking about doing the same here.
Posted by: Elizabeth | August 2, 2006 10:37 AM