By Paul Goldman, NBC NewsNEWS ANALYSIS
TEL AVIV -- The Connecticut school massacre has raised the issue of gun control not only in the United States but also in Israel, where self-defense is not so much a point of law as a way of life.
Follow @NBCNewsWorld (https://twitter.com/NBCNewsWorld)In Israel, schools are protected by armed guards, and everyone is on some sort of an alert for suspicious objects or people.
Cars and personal belongings are checked at cafés, movies theaters, public buildings and malls.
Although security guards here are not your typical ex-Navy SEALS, they do act as a first barrier – a line of defense that could have saved the lives of the innocent children at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
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Guns, way of life? too bad.that is a very sad one