Most people want to help, but they don't know what to do. And, she noted that the timing could not be better. The march falls six months before the American elections. Any further erosion of the Second Amendment serves only to harm women and their families. Even Golda Meir was against playing politics on the backs of our children.
Gun control is an issue that resonates in the Jewish community.
Of late, it appears based less on the religious belief in the sanctity of life than on the fact that Jews are victims in the same shooting sprees that kill other minorities. The other victims were a black karate student and immigrants of Indian, Vietnamese, and Chinese heritage. Smith killed himself after a police chase. In August, Furrow allegedly wounded the five at the Granada Hills JCC, then killed Joseph Ileto, a Filipino-American postal worker. Furrow, who has pleaded innocent to the charges, is facing the death penalty.