*sigh* Fucking hell people...Just to clarify, saying Abe was far right is extremely misleading, center right on social aspect would be a lot better and economically speaking he was more center left (strong intervention by the state and central bank in the market). afaik he never denied japan war crime in WW2 during his time as PM, but he did visit shrine where some war criminal are buried. He also tried to make amend with some of the asian country japan invaded, I think they signed something with south Korea and paid money to the family.
But his most contentious action was trying to move the army away from purely self defense force toward more of a regular army, which was mostly a move in case something like Ukraine was to happened in Taiwan, since under the old system japan would have been unable to participate in any armed intervention that didn't directly endanger japan.
I thought you had meant the guy in the video below that was Kojima, my mistake.Not the point.
Because the guy in those pictures is not Shinzo's killer.
It's Hideo Kojima ffs
He says, unironically, with zero self-awareness...You don't appreciate how much like Fox News you are.
Show me a home made AR-15esque weapon.The construction of the gun is fascinating to see when you also consider the gun debates that happen in the US because of our shootings right. Gun control should be more strict, but how then do you prevent someone from building a gun or learning how to build other things to hurt people when their goal is specifically to hurt people.
Also I am a little sad that this wasn't done with a Samurai sword.
"I'm running for Gov..."
"Sorry sir." *teleports behind you*
Not every shooting is from an AR-15. any gun can kill people.Show me a home made AR-15esque weapon.
Not that it changes your point, but reports seem to be showing the shooter hit with both shots. Abe was apparently shot in the chest and neck. That said, gun control would absolutely not have prevented this, given how strict gun control already is in Japan.I think any point about gun control is completely moot since japan as a much lower crime and murder rate, and even if Abe had a gun he wouldn't be in any better shape. The guy also had to get really close to Abe, still appear to have missed a shoot and only had 2 shoots. Anyone bringing up this as an example of why gun control are a bad idea would be a complete fool.
1) Left-leaning people don't tend to join the military.Why is it hard to believe a left leaning person was the culprit of shooting a far right politician? Wouldn't you assume it just as likely if it was a far left politician was assassinated that it was done by a right leaning person?
That wasn't really a commentary on his publicly expressed politics, but more his membership in and the close ties of his government with Nippon Kaigi.Just to clarify, saying Abe was far right is extremely misleading, center right on social aspect would be a lot better and economically speaking he was more center left (strong intervention by the state and central bank in the market).
Agreed. Well... I would say that it's an example of how there will always be people that will overcome barriers in order to kill people. But with regards specifically to gun control in America this isn't an event that'll produced much fruit for the discussion.I think any point about gun control is completely moot since japan as a much lower crime and murder rate, and even if Abe had a gun he wouldn't be in any better shape. The guy also had to get really close to Abe, still appear to have missed a shoot and only had 2 shoots. Anyone bringing up this as an example of why gun control are a bad idea would be a complete fool.
*sigh* Fucking hell people...
I thought you had meant the guy in the video below that was Kojima, my mistake.
I didn't know Twitter allowed you to show murder.Found some clear footage of the shooting. Shows Shinzo turning around in confusion after the first shot, security trying to screen him, then him crumpling to the ground after the second shot, then the shooter getting gangpiled by security.
Just to make a point of this: Japan had exactly one shooting death in all of 2021. By comparison, the US had four mass shootings by the end of January 1st, with a total of two dead and eighteen wounded.I think any point about gun control is completely moot since japan as a much lower crime and murder rate....
Dude that Twitter embed is killing the page on Safari.Found some clear footage of the shooting. Shows Shinzo turning around in confusion after the first shot, security trying to screen him, then him crumpling to the ground after the second shot, then the shooter getting gangpiled by security.
In Japan, it is statistically more likely for a citizen to kill themselves than kill you.Just to make a point of this: Japan had exactly one shooting death in all of 2021. By comparison, the US had four mass shootings by the end of January 1st, with a total of two dead and eighteen wounded.
Didn't MeIam say this is untrue?In solidarity with Abe's deeply held beliefs I will be denying that this atrocity happened.
Terminal blue expanded on it somewhat, but essentially the political party Abe belong too has a very influential wing that's very ultra nationalist and has some people who do outright deny (or severely underplay) the atrocity. Abe was part of that group, although to what extend it was for firmly held belief or just political play I can't really say. I can't recall any case where Abe denied it as PM (don't know much about him pre PM so maybe he could have said something then).Didn't MeIam say this is untrue?
That is also true of the USA, and basically all countries in the world that don't have a huge organized crime presence and/or are active warzones.In Japan, it is statistically more likely for a citizen to kill themselves than kill you.