I suppose if someone really wants to find you they can.

I’m not familiar with the Bancroft area as I am more a St. Paulite.

I would have thought going to St Paul (taking the Ford Parkway Bridge to Cleveland to St. Paul Ave) would be shorter – but what do I know.

Lately, I live in the Dinkytown Area (aka Marcy Park Neighborhood) and walk to work at the University.

Its kinda neat to bump into someone from the same metropolitan area as yourself on the Internet.

John

I am surprised they’d have signs of that nature at a JCC. I could see that at a Public High School as some now have/need Police Officers in the hallways. But there? Surprising.

Being that Powderhorn Park is nearby, I assume that you live in the H() Park area. Nice place to live – I might add. I used to deliver pizza in that area.

cond0010: from your mouth to, well, you know. That said, I’d like to start with one. Unfortunately, my local JCC has signs up that say ATTN: JIHADIS — UNARMED JEWS INSIDE. (Well, actually, it’s only words to that effect.)

Richmond may not have all that many fanatical Muslims, but I’d like to think that at least my synagogue will be protected–as well as my person.

I already have a shooting teacher lined up. Two, in fact. One here and one in DC.

Owning a gun is a very sensitive issue. My mother owns a gun – yet she despises guns. OTOH, there are those who do like guns and flaunt it.

Tom – I wrote ‘Jewish Gun Nuts’ as I was folding in my argument with Joels’. I am in agreement with Joel and wanted to add to what he had said. It was not meant as a negative connotation. If it was general-knowledge among the populace that Jews, in General, carried a side arm, I believe certain problems they suffer would diminish.

Tom – yes I do hate guns. I do not like the look of them, the feel of them, and what they represent. I do acknowledge the necessity of having them around though, and do not bregrudge others having them.

I’ve have pondered owning one – considering my beliefs (though they seem contradictory). But after thinking it over, I realized that by me owning one – without the proper mindset and training – I would have a better chance of getting hurt by my own gun than in defense of myself or those I care about.

I assume that those who own a gun (and are law abiding – of course), have probably asked the same (or similar) question of themselves and came up with a different answer.

The irony of all this is that I am considering joining the Army National Guard which convolutes the whole thing all the more…. :)

Of the Jews who have taken training from me, I can’t think of one who did it because they liked guns. (I do know a few; they got their initial training elsewhere. Some in the IDF.)

I misspoke myself slightly: I frankly don’t care, not even a little, if the next jihadi who tries to murder a bunch of Jews gets shot in the head by a Jew who likes guns, or loathes them.

Lil Mamzer — keep your sense of priorities. Being armed and trained is first; fixing your carry permit laws can come later. (Just to clear up the obvious: am I advocating those Jews who can’t get carry permits arming themselves? Of course I am. But probably a large minority of adult Jews can get carry permits, anyway — 40 states, after all. Including, just to be clear, Washington State.)

While there will always be anti-semitism, if the cost of expressing it can be made sufficiently high, then it will simply not be worth the price to the perpetrators. That would be a laudable goal indeed.

Cond0010, I have a question. You recognize the need for more ‘Jewish gun-nuts’, and clearly understand the benefit of an armed populace. So why do you ‘thank goodness’ that you do not own a gun? Why would you not prefer to be amongst those who can defend themselves?

I do not mean to be argumentative, I would really like to understand. My aunt is the same way, and she has declined to explain her position.