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In Dallas, these Jewish teens understand the appeal of gun ownership

JL;DR SUMMARY Jewish teenagers in Dallas, Texas, navigate their state's prevalent gun culture through a lens shaped by recent antisemitic events and their Jewish upbringing. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish LawSelf DefenseGun OwnershipTexasConstitutional RightsJewish TeenagersOct. 7 Hamas AttacksTexan CultureGun Regulation

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Dallas, Texas, United States
"Max Levin, 15, said of the men at his Orthodox synagogue in Dallas, Texas."
Colleyville, Texas, United States
"Local Jews also have vivid memories of the 2022 crisis at Congregation Beth Israel in nearby Colleyville, Texas, when a gunman took synagogue members hostage."
Canton, Texas, United States
"said Evelyn Benloulou, 14, who moved to Canton, Texas from Los Angeles in 2021, then relocated to Dallas in 2023."
Plano, Texas, United States
"Gubin, who moved to the Dallas suburb of Plano from New York in 2018, observed how many Texans regard hunting trips with their children as almost like a coming of age thing herea celebrated thing."
New York, United States
"Gubin, who moved to the Dallas suburb of Plano from New York in 2018, observed how many Texans regard hunting trips with their children as almost like a coming of age thing herea celebrated thing."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"said Evelyn Benloulou, 14, who moved to Canton, Texas from Los Angeles in 2021, then relocated to Dallas in 2023."
Australia
"Max and Tannah were born in Australia (a country that strictly regulated firearm ownership following a mass shooting in 1996)."

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