[Ayala Ben-Gvir, wife of Israel’s National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir] noted that some 100,000 people had applied for weapons in the last two weeks since the October 7 Hamas attack. She asked for “patience” given the massive load on the firearms licensing department. “Itamar and the Defense Ministry are doing everything to speed up the weapons approvals and allow you to protect yourself,” she wrote, noting that “to speed up the process” interviews for gun licenses would take place by telephone with “no need to physically come to the office’s branches.”
Once interviewed, she explained to prospective gun owners, “you will receive a firearms permit by email, pay the fee and can go to the range to learn the rules, practice and buy a weapon,” she wrote.
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