Israeli gun ownership is low at about 2% of the population - Israelis are also limited in the type of firearms & quantity of ammunition they can own
gun laws
Among the most contentious subjects in the gun debate is the right of civilians to carry firearms and the effect such policies have on gun crime
The findings -which run counter to the conventional wisdom that gun control saves lives- have received almost no media attention
The country's parliament voted for a ban on a range of semi-automatic weapons