re: #34 sagehen

Pretty sure the Orthodox CAN’T carry a gun on Sabbath. They can’t even carry house keys or cash. (there’s a few Orthodox in my building; they walk downstairs on Saturday mornings, the doorman holds their keys while they’re out for services and pushes elevator buttons for them when they’re ready to go home.)

Carrying a weapon on Sabbath is permitted for pikuach nefesh (protection of life). This is why IDF active soldiers and reservists carry weapons everywhere they go, including on Sabbath. BTW Israel has some very strict gun laws, unlike the RW meme that everybody there is armed to the teeth.