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After Paris attack, rabbi wants law changed so Jews can carry guns

January 14, 2015 09:57

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Sandy Rashty,

Sandy Rashty

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A prominent rabbi has called on European governments to allow Jews to carry guns in the wake of the Paris attacks.

According to Newsweek magazine, Rabbi Menachem Margolin, director general of the Rabbinical Centre of Europe and the European Jewish Association, wrote to European interior ministries urging an immediate review in gun licensing laws, “to allow designated people in the Jewish communities and institutions to own weapons for the essential protection of their communities.

He also demanded that training be provided “to protect Jews from potential terror attacks.”

A spokesman for the Community Security Trust said: “This reflects the fears that European Jews are feeling right now.”

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