Resolution Adopted by the CCAR
Gun Control
Adopted by the CCAR at the 100th Annual Convention of
the Central Conference of American Rabbis
Cincinnati, Ohio June, 1989
WHEREAS the proliferation of firearms and automatic weapons continues unabated; and
WHEREAS the loss of life and personal injury from the use of such weapons grows astronomically,
and
WHEREAS the Central Conference of American Rabbis has been on record in previous years
in support of gun control.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the CCAR urge local, state, and national officials to
restrict the sale of all handguns and to ban the sale of automatic weapons to the
general public.