Jewish New Yorkers Waking Up to Self-Defense Reality

From the New York Post: Jewish New Yorkers rushing to buy guns for protection after anti-Israel Zohran Mamdani’s victory

Jewish New Yorkers are arming themselves before an anti-Israel “mayor who despises us” takes the helm of New York City, several told The Post this week.

Michael Bergida, who opened a gun shop in Marine Park, Brooklyn, called Samson Armory — a nod to the Biblical Israelite warrior and symbol of sheer strength — said his new business is booming.

There a disturbing statistic on the right to bear arms in NYC.

Licenses can take between six months and a year to get in NYC, and only after completing a mandatory state concealed-carry class that includes 16 hours of classroom study and two hours of live fire training.

The class I understand... I had to take a class, but a year? After I took my class, I made an appointment with the county sheriff's office, and got my permit in a week, or two at the most.

And the realization that understaffed and underfunded police are not going to save you.

“The NYPD is all retiring – we have to fight for ourselves. People are freaking out over Mamdani – anyone who has any Christian-Judeo values,” [Michael Bergida, who opened a gun shop in Marine Park, Brooklyn, called Samson Armory] claimed, adding that he largely works with the Jewish community, who are tougher than bubbe’s brisket.

There is more, click thru.

This is by way of The Times of Israel: ‘We ain’t fleeing’: Demand for firearms said to rise among NYC Jews after Mamdani elected

In 2022, several Jewish gun owners sued New York State after the implementation of the Concealed Carry Improvement Act, which prohibited firearms in “sensitive locations,” including places of worship like synagogues.

The plaintiffs argued the law infringed on their ability to freely practice their religion while facing persistent antisemitic threats, violating the First Amendment’s protection of the free exercise of religion, and the Second Amendment, which guarantees the right to bear arms. New York passed the law after the US Supreme Court invalidated a previous state law restricting concealed carry permits, ruling that the requirement for applicants to demonstrate “proper cause” violated the Second Amendment.

And that was from Jews Can Shoot.