American Firearms Training School Offering Free Gun Training to UK Jews

Shooting Instruction Offer in Wake of Manchester Attack

October 18, 2025 By Yonatan Stern

On Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, a British Muslim, literally named Jihad, rammed his car through a crowd of Jews entering a prominent Manchester synagogue, then exited the vehicle and carried a mass stabbing attack before being shot dead by responding police officers. His rampage left two Jews dead and scores injured.

This attack, while not surprising, illustrates the vulnerability of Britain’s Jewish community. Many years of open borders with mass Islamic immigration, coupled with woke government policies criminalizing criticism of Islam and a prohibition of self-defense by the native British population against Islamic invaders have left the English population (and the Jewish community in particular) as easy prey to Muslim immigrant terrorists, hell-bent on erasing Britian’s European heritage, and replacing it with an Islamic caliphate ruled by Sharia law.

Ironically, the concept of a right to bear arms did not originate in the US Constitution, but rather in the English Bill of Rights of 1689, which states: "the Subjects which are Protestants may have Arms for their Defence suitable to their conditions and as allowed by Law". The concept of Castle Doctrine also emanates in English Common Law, which dates back to 1604 and Sir Edward Coke's writings, which established the home as a person's castle, a sanctuary from which they could not be forced to retreat in the face of an intruder. And believe it or not, as late as Victorian times, it was common for civilians to carry concealed pistols in Britain for self-defense.

Despite these positive beginnings, gun rights as well as the right to self-defense have been so eroded over the last century in Britain, that today, neither Protestants nor Jews have the right to either possess firearms, or use them for self-defense. The only people seemingly above the law and able to use weapons are the government, criminals, and Muslim terrorists.

Many generations of law-abiding British subjects obligingly surrendered their weapons when called to do so by the crown and accepted the limitations imposed on them for the use of the firearms they were given the privilege of keeping. Center-fire semi-automatic rifles were banned in 1988 and standard handguns were outlawed in 1997.

What the English are left with today includes a variety of shotguns, including double-barrel, pump-action and semi-auto, as well as bolt-action center-fire rifles, rimfire semi-auto rifles, and ‘Long Barreled Pistols’ known as ‘LBP’s’, which are standard pistols and revolvers, with a barrel of at least 12 inches and an overall length of 24 inches (some of these handguns also have a steal rod permanently attached to the bottom of the grip in order to make minimum length requirements).

It needs to be said that even these UK-legal firearms are subject to strict licensing and may only ever be used for “sporting purposes”, with self-defense strictly forbidden.

Obviously, with British Jews being such a vulnerable target of violent antisemitism, immigration to the US is the obvious answer for their long-term survival. These are the types of immigrants we need in the US. Wealthy, educated people with a work ethic who will bring needed skills to our society (much like the Boer immigrants fleeing from anti-white violence in South Africa).

However, such a move is not likely to happen overnight. For those stuck there for the time being, armed self-defense is the only solution. The British police cannot and will not stop Islamic terror attacks against the Jewish community, and in the words of Thomas Jefferson, “when tyranny becomes law, resistance becomes duty”. That’s why we at Cherev Gidon Israeli Tactical Training Academy have decided to offer FREE defensive firearms training on UK-legal firearms to British Jews who are willing to obtain firearms certificates and secure their communities.

It goes without saying that anyone even mentioning the idea of self-defense as a reason for applying for a firearm certificate will have it automatically denied, and anyone actually using a firearm for self-defense in Britain will almost undoubtedly face criminal prosecution, but as the saying goes, “It’s better to be judged by 12 than carried by six.” The way I see it, if you are being violently attacked by an Islamic terrorist, and you have the choice to either be stabbed to death like a good citizen would, or violently resist with a firearm and face criminal charges, I’ll choose the latter.

Those British Jews who agree with me and are willing to be there to defend their communities, while being well-aware of the potential consequences for doing so, are welcome fly across the pond to come get trained with us. We will make sure to keep the training discrete and your identity private.

To sign up, contact us via our website:

Yonatan Stern is an IDF veteran and professional firearms instructor who specializes in training Synagogues and other houses of worship against violent attacks. He is the director of Cherev Gidon Israeli Tactical Training Academy in Honesdale, PA, and is a contributing writer to Firearms News. Yonatan can be reached at: mefaked@cherevgidon.com.