As he interviewed Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld on Wednesday's The Situation Room, CNN host Wolf Blitzer repeatedly showed concerns that Israelis may be doing too much to defend themselves amid a spate of stabbings against Israeli Jews by Palestinians in Jerusalem.

All five questions posed to the police spokesman had the premise that Israelis are going too far in fending off the terrorist attacks, with Blitzer using three questions to fret specifically over Israeli civilians being encouraged to carry their own firearms for greater security.

Even after Rosenfeld had already twice answered a similar question and recalled that Israelis with gun permits have served in the military and have undergone years of firearms training, Blitzer absurdly pressed the issue a third time in his final question:

Aren't you concerned, though, it's one thing for police and military to walk around with weapons, but it's another thing for civilians simply to be walking around with weapons. Some of them may be trained, some of them not so well-trained, Aren't you concerned that they might simply shoot before they really know for sure there's a danger?

After beginning the interview with a question about whether "shutting down" some Arab neighborhoods and "bringing in more Israeli troops" is really the "answer," Blitzer in his second question moved to forwarding the Palestinian view that Palestinians "have a right to defend themselves." Blitzer:

I understand the need for security, but the Palestinians say, their point is that these security measures that Israel is imposing, they say, makes the situation, a bad situation even worse. And they also then say, with all this Israeli presence, all of these blockades and whatever, they have a right to defend themselves. To which you say?

After the police spokesman indicated that he had briefly lost audio, Blitzer repeated the question with different wording:

The point is, the Palestinians say what you're doing, which is perhaps understandable, but what you're doing is making a bad situation even worse by shutting off neighborhoods, putting police officers all over the place, bringing in the military, that's only further exacerbating a very, very tense situation.

Blitzer turned to worrying about Israeli civilians being armed as he posed the first of three questions on the subject:

The Israeli Public Service Minister approved steps today that would make it easier, we're told, for civilians, for Israeli civilians to obtain gun permits. Do you think Israeli citizens should be defending the streets with more guns on their sides, armed?

Rosenfeld responded:

Absolutely, there's no problem with that issue whatsoever. The more Israelis that are walking around with pistols, that is important that the members of the public can also respond and react. Let's not forget that just over a week ago, a Palestinian 18-year-old woman stabbed an Israeli man in the back of his neck in the Old City. He pulled out his weapon and he responded and he shot that Palestinian woman who was, in fact, taken to a hospital in serious condition. So it is effective.

Pointing out that Israelis with guns have undergone firearm training while serving in the Israeli Defense Forces, the police spokesman continued:

Every Israeli walking around with a pistol has gone through three years of IDF training, and, therefore, there's no problem whatsoever, on the part of individuals that are walking around and personal security officers that are also in and around the streets that supports the general security that's taking place in coordination with the Israeli national police.

Not convinced, the CNN host followed up:

So you're saying that Israeli citizens not only in Jerusalem, in Tel Aviv, all over the country should start packing weapons right now, walking around with pistols?

After Rosenfeld that Israeli gun owners have been trained in their use and they are valuable in providing security, Bliltzer still persisted as he wrapped up the interview:

Well, one final question, Micky, before I let you go. Aren't you concerned, though, it's one thing for police and military to walk around with weapons, but it's another thing for civilians simply to be walking around with weapons. Some of them may be trained, some of them not so well-trained, Aren't you concerned that they might simply shoot before they really know for sure there's a danger?

Below is a transcript of relevant portions of the Wednesday, October 14, The Situation Room on CNN: