Why didn’t Isreal embrace gun ownership the same way America did by protecting gun ownership

The judge in California put why it’s not the guns in his ruling striking down their assault weapon ban. “In any event, the arms the State bans as ‘assault weapons’ are no more dangerous than other arms the State does not ban. The banned arms are just modern versions of rifles, shotguns, and pistols. For example, a Springfield 1911 pistol with a threaded barrel is an ‘assault weapon,’ according to California law. The same 1911 pistol (standard issue for the United States military for decades) without a threaded barrel, is fine. An AR-15 with normal parts is banned, but the same AR-15 with an awkward shark fin grip, an unmovable stock, and a barrel compensator in place of a flash hider, shooting the same ammunition, is fine.” “Remarkably, the early Boston gunpowder storage law implies that a variety of very dangerous arms were, in fact, lawful to keep at home. The law begins with the following language: ‘That all cannon, swivels, mortars, howitzers, cohorns, firearms, bombs, grenades, and iron shells of any kind, that shall be found in any dwelling house. charged with, or having in them any gun-powder, shall be liable to be seized…’ The inference can be drawn that, in the years between the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the adoption of the Second Amendment, some Bostonians owned and kept at home cannons, howitzers, grenades, and bombs, all of which may have been more lethal than is an AR-15 today.” “The State offers a word game for another new argument. The State suggests that standard AR-15-type rifles might be commonly owned, but are not used for self-defense. The State says that there is no evidence that firearms equipped with the prohibited accessories or semiautomatic centerfire rifles of less than 30 inches in length are ‘commonly used’ for self-defense. Once again, the burden is on the government to prove that remarkable claim. It does not take a Nobel laureate to figure out that if Americans own 400 million guns and 400 million gun crimes are not being committed, that Americans are using their guns for something other than crime. If Americans own 24.4 million AR-15s and 24.4 million gun crimes are not being committed with AR-15s, Americans must be using them for lawful purposes. Some people actively use AR-15s for hunting or sport or target practice. Probably the vast majority of Americans that own guns keep them and use them for self-defense the same way that a driver puts on a seat belt in the case of a collision. Though collisions rarely happen, the seat belt is used for protection and to be ready for the unexpected collision. A reserve canopy is being used on a parachute jump, although it is not deployed, in case the main parachute fails. A cell phone in one's pocket is being used when waiting for a telephone call or when one might need to make a call. An AR-15 under one's bed at night is being used for self-defense even when the night is quiet.”