In Colorado Springs, free guns for rabbis

Bernstein, owner of Dragonland near Colorado Springs, trains neophyte gun owners how to nail bulls-eyes — but local rabbis suggest his credibility is way off target. Bernstein made headlines when he offered each of the Springs’ four rabbis a free AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, two magazines and 100 bullets in Pittsburgh’s wake. “I felt bad” about the carnage at Squirrel Hill’s Tree of Life Or L’Simcha Synagogue, he told the IJN Friday, Nov. 9. “They were sitting ducks because they didn’t arm themselves. “Synagogues and churches aren’t armed, which is why you can shoot people so easily. Criminals would love it if there were no guns.” Bernstein, a Brooklyn-born Jew  who says he rarely practices his faith, insists every rabbi he contacted in Colorado Springs unilaterally […]