Shinzo Abe killed

[ZenOps]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62074223

[Sentry]

Seened like a decent guy from my completely ignorant foreign perspective, so dunno what beef the shooter might have had with him. Crazy seeing a bootleg homebuilt gun like this actually used, usually they pose more danger to the person holding it.

[JRSC00LUDE]

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Seened like a decent guy from my completely ignorant foreign perspective, so dunno what beef the shooter might have had with him. Crazy seeing a bootleg homebuilt gun like this actually used, usually they pose more danger to the person holding it.

I am surprised they haven't banned homemade guns. What a preventable tragedy.

[Sentry]

Also leave it to Zenops to post some fucking op-ed instead of a news article.

[2Legit2Quit]

The homemade gun was made by the shooter for the fact it's so hard to get a gun legally/illegally in Japan.

[JRSC00LUDE]

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The homemade gun was made by the shooter for the fact it's so hard to get a gun legally/illegally in Japan.

I rest my case.

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Is this something we can prevent with a tax?

[ZenOps]

So he made his own 17th century Blunderbuss. Just goes to prove if someone wants to build a nuke that badly, they will probably figure out a way.

[Xtrema]

Old timey Japan did it with more style. Guns are for pussies.

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For a peaceful country that is really wild. RIP.

[Sentry]

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So he made his own 17th century Blunderbuss. Just goes to prove if someone wants to build a nuke that badly, they will probably figure out a way.

Electrically ignited, so more of a cyberpunk blunderbuss. Here's a 9 barrel version found in his apartment:

[killramos]

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Electrically ignited, so more of a cyberpunk blunderbuss. Here's a 9 barrel version found in his apartment:

Damn that's a crazy unit.

[Xtrema]

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Electrically ignited, so more of a cyberpunk blunderbuss. Here's a 9 barrel version found in his apartment:

I guess Mecha culture bear some fruits.

I am impressed that 2 shots, 1 thru the heart and 0 collateral damage when Abe was surrounded by aides and guards.

[finboy]

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I guess Mecha culture bear some fruits.

I am impressed that 2 shots, 1 thru the heart and 0 collateral damage when Abe was surrounded by aides and guards.

Argument to be made that security might have been lax because “no one can get a gun in Japan”

[Xtrema]

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Argument to be made that security might have been lax because “no one can get a gun in Japan”

I'm only arguing for the surprising accuracy of this home made blunderbuss.

[Sentry]

[Yolobimmer]

About 8 firearms related deaths per year, versus 40,000 in the US.

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About 8 firearms related deaths per year, versus 40,000 in the US.

People are assholes. While gun crime is 140x higher in the US vs Japan, murder rate is only 11x. So they will just find other ways to do it.

Some dude cleavered a woman to death in the street of Shanghai like a couple months ago, during lockdown.

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People are assholes. While gun crime is 140x higher in the US vs Japan, murder rate is only 11x. So they will just find other ways to do it.

Some dude cleavered a woman to death in the street of Shanghai like a couple months ago, during lockdown.

50 mass shootings in the US just last month.

They won't find another way. 16x is not an "only".