While giving a political speech. Wow.
Also, WTF is going on today on the board?!
Also, WTF is going on today on the board?!
FC/OT: Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assassinated…
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"Report" and "ignore" were very useful this morning.
Home made gun.
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Pictured: ‘Electrically Fired’ DIY Shotgun Used to Assassinate Shinzo Abe
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Nara Shimbun/Kyodo News via APThe world reacted with horror and shock at the cold-blooded assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday. In a country that has virtually no gun violence, what made the crime even more unusual was the...
So much for what is a nearly gun free society.Home made gun.
Pictured: ‘Electrically Fired’ DIY Shotgun Used to Assassinate Shinzo Abe
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Nara Shimbun/Kyodo News via APThe world reacted with horror and shock at the cold-blooded assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday. In a country that has virtually no gun violence, what made the crime even more unusual was the...
Home made gun.
Pictured: ‘Electrically Fired’ DIY Shotgun Used to Assassinate Shinzo Abe
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Nara Shimbun/Kyodo News via APThe world reacted with horror and shock at the cold-blooded assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday. In a country that has virtually no gun violence, what made the crime even more unusual was the...
Bonkers. It’s very against their culture to do something like this.
It still very much is. Unlike here - exception, not the rule. I lived in Japan for three years - most police didn’t carry when I was there.
Post-war culture. During the '30s assassination of political and military (faction) leaders was pretty commonplace.
But with the amount of copycat crimes how many people with ill intent are going to try and make their own homemade guns? I believe this murder is going to have far reaching implications.
you assume that their society is as sick as ours is - I'd bet against that assumption
I don’t see that happening. They will prioritize community safety over all else and will clamp down more on this kind of thing. Their criminal justice system is harsh.
Japan is not a society without a criminal element. Also copycat crimes have no borders. This can happen anywhere.
Of course they have problems- who doesn't? But that doesn't make them as dismal of a society as we have become.
I read that his security was dangerously lax. A great leader who was well respected by all. The Japanese do not have all the checks and balances we have when it comes to interrogations. This guy is going to suffer.
For countries like Japan who thought they were safe from gun violence due to strict gun laws this was a shock. This killer purchased the various parts he used online and was able to make a muzzle like gun. No law can stop someone from making a gun and this was the wake-up call to all the countries who thought their gun laws protected them, such as Japan.
Japan gets about 20-25 shooting deaths a year, one every two weeks, best I can tell, so it’s not as if they consider themselves immune to gun violence.
The real story here is how badly his security failed.
Security for Japanese PMs isn't particularly robust. While living there, I was in rooms (along with hundreds of others) with PMs 3-4 times I do not recall ever being checked or seeing anyone else checked (one caveat: tickets were required to be obtained in advance, so perhaps there were background checks). The folks who make decisions regarding security saw no need beyond what there was. Suspect they will reappraise that.
Security isn't absolute. A person living in Japan is far less likely to be killed by a gun than one in the US. If you want to draw comparisons, look at the number of deaths by lightening strike.
Are you actually trying to take the stance that your post was an attempt to make a legitimate point, and not just some attempt to say something as dumb and illogical as possible to solicit angry/mocking responses? Or is this the troll attempt within the troll attempt?
Japan never thought it was "safe from gun violence." Because gun violence happens there. They just make attempts ... successfully ... to limit that violence. Obviously.
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For countries like Japan who thought they were safe from gun violence due to strict gun laws this was a shock. This killer purchased the various parts he used online and was able to make a muzzle like gun. No law can stop someone from making a gun and this was the wake-up call to all the countries who thought their gun laws protected them, such as Japan.
A person living in Japan is far less likely to be the victim of any violent crime than one living in the US. Assault, robbery, rape, etc. Gun, knife, stick, or fist. We don't have a gun violence problem, we have a violence problem.
Which part of "Japan didn't think they were safe from gun violence" aren't you getting? You're either not all there, or you're trolling. Gun violence happens in Japan. They know they aren't safe from it. Because it happens there. Do I need to repeat it for a 4th time? Other people have pointed out the same thing. And, yet, you're still here repeating the lie that "Japan ... thought they were safe from gun violence."
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