Can a synagogue defend itself?

My college friend defends the rights of Jews and all of us to defend ourselves

You know that part in Casablanca where Rick meets Victor, and when Rick says, “You hear about Victor Laszlow everywhere,” Victor deflects with, “I try.”

“We all try. You succeed.”

My old friend Mark Chenoweth, whom I knew when he was a twenty (or was it nineteen!) year old libertarian leaning conservative who first showed me that conservatives are not the mean-spirited, bad people I was brought up to believe they were, but could be well-reasoned, curious people with the best of intentions who actually make good on those intentions…

Well, we all try. He succeeds.

Check this Unwritten Law podcast out.

The short of it is: a county in Maryland passed an ordinance that no one, even with a concealed carry permit, can carry a firearm onto various kinds of property where people assemble, such as places of worship or parks. There are many of these places.

It means that those who defend their synagogue and own and carry a firearm lawfully can no longer do so.

The New Civil Liberties Alliance is bringing suit against this, along with a congregation member who is impacted. The congregation members are specially trained to protect their synagogues and entrusted by their community with this responsibility. Now it is against an ordinance for them to protect their families and community.

I love when Mark says, “But you missed the good news! The good news is that the bad buys won’t be able to carry guns!”

I paraphrase. But you get the point.

Making a law that prevents lawful carriers of firearms from carrying weapons sends a giant message to anyone who does not want to obey the law that the Jews are sitting ducks, unable to defend themselves.

The National Civil Liberties Alliance is stepping up where everyone else tries… or doesn’t try… but fails. Standing up for the right that the Second Amendment was meant to protect. Our right to defend ourselves.

Look into what they do. I love watching their podcasts and keeping up on my Constitutional law.

We all try. They succeed.