The shooter apparently used a crude handmade weapon made with electrical tape and metal tubes. The details of the shooting in Japan seem to demonstrate precisely how. Rather, restrictions, if successful, can reduce the severity of that violence as well as impose hurdles that make it less frequent. The assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Japan may look like a rebuke of the country’s famously stringent gun laws.īut there is another view: that the shooting is a reminder of, and maybe even underscores, those restrictions’ success.Įxperts who research gun laws stress that even the most stringent measures cannot totally erase the human capacity for violence.
The homemade weapon used in the fatal attack on Shinzo Abe was shown during a news broadcast on Friday. Abe, once one of the world’s most powerful leaders, may lead some in Japan to rethink that openness. It is common during Japanese campaign stops for politicians to mingle freely with voters, keeping almost no distance between themselves and the crowd.īut the ease with which a lone gunman could carry a homemade tape-wrapped weapon up to Mr. Abe’s vision for our country come true.” During a moment of silence, some of the hundreds of supporters in the audience wept. candidate and former pop idol running for a seat in Japan’s Upper House, cried as she said, “those of us who are left behind must help make Mr. Standing on a truck in the glitzy Ginza fashion district of central Tokyo, Akiko Ikuina, an L.D.P. Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party, made their final appeals to voters before Sunday’s parliamentary election, in the shadow of deep mourning. Candidates fist-bumped with supporters and posed for selfies. White vans bearing large photos of politicians, and blaring their names from loudspeakers, rode through the streets. Philip Fong/Agence France-Presse - Getty ImagesĪ day after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a political rally, the police in Japan faced sharp questions about the adequacy of his security, even as parliamentary candidates resumed campaigning on Saturday in a sign that political life was carrying on. Code:Realize ~Guardian of Rebirth~: Abraham Van HelsingĮnter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.A day after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, mourners visited memorials to the fallen leader.Tokyo Game Show 2017: Utano☆Princesama Shining Live and Voltage Inc.Utano☆Princesama Shining Live Global Version Pre-launch Party at KLab!.You can follow the blog or sign up for email updates on the bottom! You can also follow me on twitter for the same + my ramblings on my everyday life (^▽^) Search Recent Posts Please refrain from asking me or others to post videos of routes on this site ( ´△`)
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