""Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal
Palmor spelled it out. "We're fighting terrorism, which comes under very
specific geopolitical and military circumstances. This is not something that
compares with the situation in the US," Palmor said." "The gap between Israeli
gun ownership and US gun ownership is consequently staggering. A total of
170,000 guns are licensed for private use in Israel, or about one gun for every
30 adults." "By contrast, US authorities estimate that at least one-third of all
American households have firearms — and in many cases, not only
one.""