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Posted on 07/08/2022 7:43:57 AM PDT by familyop
The University of Sydney’s gunpolicy.org labels Japan’s gun controls as “restrictive” and notes they include an handgun ban, an “assault weapons” ban, and a ban on private gun sales. Certain rifles and shotguns are the only guns that the Japanese people are allowed to own, but the process to legally obtain one of those is arduous...Moreover, the would-be gun owner’s family history is searched...In light of these and other gun controls, Reuters describes Japan as a “mostly gun-free nation.”
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Biden wants Japan to return to the “traditional” slice and dice methods.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/13/inejiro-asanuma-japan-politician-assassinated-1960
Even the Mayor of Nagasaki was gunned down back in 2007.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20220708_27/
“The commingling of weaponry with national identify and culture ...”
Informative post. Thanks!
Laws should reflect a country’s culture. Sounds reasonable to me. Does that apply in any way to our abortion disagreements.
No one knows that better than the Left.
Japanese make damn fine guns. I have a Miroku Winchester 1873 that’s built like a Swiss watch.
It appears that the gun used by the Japanese assassin was homemade.
https://nypost.com/2022/07/08/shinzo-abe-assassin-used-homemade-gun/
yeah the Japanese greenhouise gas govt doesn`t want them to add to air pollution with gunsmoke.
(Do I need a sarc tag?)
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“Looking up mass murders in the last decade or so, it seems Japanese killers prefer stabbing, poisoning, and arson.”
Sarin gas.
“Japanese folks watch America and think we’re bloodthirsty individuals who refuse the generosity of our overlords’ protection.”
Good.
bttt
Electrically fired shotgun shells?
bttt
Electrically-fired muzzle-loader, it appears. Could be model rocket engine ignitors he had stuffed through the holes in the breech caps.
” Could be model rocket engine ignitors he had stuffed through the holes in the breech caps.”
Excellent! It’s pretty easy to make black powder.
Thank you for injecting some rational comments in and amongst the snark on the thread.
Yes, sarin, although that was nearly 30 years ago.
In comparison to the West, drug abuse is very discouraged in Japan. Drug users are shunned from society.
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