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2022-07-08 China-Japan-Koreas

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is shot in the chest during speech and is 'showing no vital signs': Man, 42, is arrested at the scene UPDATE: He’s dead

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-07-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Bad form! Should have used a katana.

Besides, I thought guns were illegal in Japan. This makes them unavailable for use in cases like this.

Posted by Albemarle Snerert7268 2022-07-08 01:10|| 2022-07-08 01:10|| Front Page Top

#2 There are now good photos at the link of the murderer with the home made gun hanging at his side from a one-point sling (I think that’s the technical term) and a close-up of the gun: two pieces of pipe thoroughly duct-taped to a 1x4” length of wood.

Posted by trailing wife 2022-07-08 10:00|| 2022-07-08 10:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Guns do not need to be complicated things. Some of the most complicated, like the C96 Mauser, M249 SAW and Colt Model 1877, have been historically important. Now, this simple assemblage of hardware store items is too.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-08 10:07|| 2022-07-08 10:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Ah, a "ghost" gun. Time to close hardware stores! (do I need to put a /sarc on that?)

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-07-08 10:35|| 2022-07-08 10:35|| Front Page Top

#5 do I need to put a /sarc on that?

No, you need to go buy some plumbing supplies. Now.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-08 10:37|| 2022-07-08 10:37|| Front Page Top

#6 Terrifying new footage shows Shinzo Abe's bodyguards try to deflect assassin's bullets with BRIEFCASES as former PM freezes when first shot is fired...then slumps when fatal bullet hits

Posted by Skidmark 2022-07-08 13:23|| 2022-07-08 13:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Japan still has the death penalty, I'm certain this guy will swing (They use hanging) in less than a year.

Posted by Silentbrick 2022-07-08 13:52|| 2022-07-08 13:52|| Front Page Top

#8 The Japanese take their justice mechanism seriously. The head of Aum Shinrikyo was executed in 2018 for crimes committed in 1995.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-08 14:03|| 2022-07-08 14:03|| Front Page Top

#9 ^ Kinda nice thing is they don't tell you when you're gonna hang, they just show up at your cell one day.

Posted by Frank G 2022-07-08 14:21|| 2022-07-08 14:21|| Front Page Top

#10 There are no honorable men left. Not in politics. It is open season like it or not.

Posted by Aca Joe 2022-07-08 16:17|| 2022-07-08 16:17|| Front Page Top

#11 There are no honorable men left

You play the hand you get...

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-08 16:23|| 2022-07-08 16:23|| Front Page Top

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