After Hamas attacked Israel and a subsequent wave of antisemitic incidents, some Jewish people are looking to protect themselves with guns.
Photographer: Eva Marie Uzcategui/BloombergJews Who Never Wanted to Own Guns Are Now Buying Them in Florida
Anxiety about antisemitism is causing some people to rethink their reluctance to own a firearm — and the Sunshine State’s laws make it easier to obtain one
Vicky Furer never thought she’d fire a gun, much less buy one. Then Hamas attacked Israel.
Furer, a 48-year-old teacher in South Florida, once worried it wasn’t safe to have a weapon around her three children, the youngest of whom is 11. Yet on a recent Wednesday night at Declaration Defense, a firing range in Pompano Beach, she lined up with other women from her synagogue to learn to shoot. Her hand shook as she aimed at a target depicting a human torso and its major organs.