Shinzo Abe Assassination

[ForgedBlades]

>be usa
>like 3x more guns than people
>brandon lives

I still can't believe Trump wasn't assassinated. No joke.

 

[Darksy DePhil]

What happened here

 

[Gina Gillotti]

Some thoughts:
- 3d printing of firearms has a small following in Japan and there have been arrests, so expect reaction on those fronts even if it is not techincally '3d printed'
- the last time there was a significant political assassination in Japan was over half a century ago and was done with a sword
- my first thought was "ultranationalist" and then I thought he didn't look the type; having been in the military a while back could actually go either way
- an ultranationalist you might think would have more in common with Abe and not want him gone but disappointment leading to feelings of betrayal are powerful; think of Yitzhak Rabin
- the (Maoist?) Japanese Red Army were unpleasant characters back in the 70s, I wonder what has become of them and their ideological descendants
- I wouldn't rule out the cultists
- worst possible timeline: anything that remotely implicates a Chinaman.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

I still can't believe Trump wasn't assassinated. No joke.

Deep down, you know his opponents didn't want to risk any martyrdom that'd occur.

 

[reinigen]

Oh fuck guys

 

[5ever a crab]

"We will not forgive the person who shot Abe, and we do not need any more evidence to find him guilty. He is now a ward of the state." - Prime Minister's Office of Japan

Are they going to livestream the execution? :pog:

 

[Wintersun]

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What happened here

Looks like she fell over trying to run away in confusion from the gunshots.

 

[Narcotics]

I wonder, why him though? Guy was retired already, maybe because he's too big of a political figure in japan? Maybe because he was so unprotected it looked like an easy blow? Maybe because of the ideals and stuff he preached that made the shooter seethe? Maybe all at the same time, please tell me i'm not the only one who thinks he looked so unprotected.

 

[Markass the Worst]

I still can't believe Trump wasn't assassinated. No joke.

After what happened to Abe they're probably getting some ideas to do it now.

 

[El Iluminado]

Then again from what ive heard the nu yakuza is pretty idiotic in general, all the smart ones either retired or went legit back during the crackdowns

Yakuza are so damn regulated in japan that they pretty much can't do anything nowadays, if they gather in groups of more than 4 that's enough to jail them. Hangure are the real deal now.

 

[TheClappening]

Deep down, you know his opponents didn't want to risk any martyrdom that'd occur.

More like the people who would actually want to assassinate him would break their shoulders on 5.56's recoil.

 

[Neil]

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>japanese politician shakes hands with world leaders
...ah yes....it's all connected.......

 

[FFinfo]

>be japan
>not a single gun in the country
>someone makes a gun in a shed and kills prime minister

>be usa
>like 3x more guns than people
>brandon lives

Hitler was right in his diagnosis that the japanese are aryans and americans are niggers

The drawback to everyone having guns in the US means security details are much harder to get around.

 

[HTTP Error 404]

I want to say the remnants of Aum Shinrikyo.

Aum Shinrikyo's leader was put to death 4 years + 1 day ago. Abe was PM at the time.

 

[LaxerBRO]

Why would they kill him on the spot? It's not like he was about to commit a mass shooting with that thing. Is it not more advantageous to arrest and interrogate to find out if he is part of an organised ring?

I would imagine the security detail for a former prime minister is not near that of the USSS or even UK police.

Even if the security detail is allowed to be armed, firing a gun in self defense even if it's by law enforcement is strongly discouraged.


Legit training on how Japanese cops are supposed to deal with person armed with knives initially.

 

[Raoul_Duke]

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>japanese politician shakes hands with world leaders
...ah yes....it's all connected.......

Well yeah, it's all one Japanese guy.

 

[Least Concern]

I'm thinking the guy is a political extremist of some kind.

Oh, no shit, you really think so? Holy fuck, bro, you're really on top of this.

 

[ForgedBlades]

lmao I forgot about this

 

[TheClappening]

I would imagine the security detail for a former prime minister is not near that of the USSS or even UK police.

Even if the security detail is allowed to be armed, firing a gun in self defense even if it's by law enforcement is strongly discouraged.

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Legit training on how Japanese cops are supposed to deal with person armed with knives initially.

I always laugh when I watch Nippon police rolling up drunks in the arrest burrito.

 

[HarblMcDavid]

>be japan
>not a single gun in the country
>someone makes a gun in a shed and kills prime minister

>be usa
>like 3x more guns than people
>brandon lives

Hitler was right in his diagnosis that the japanese are aryans and americans are niggers

I think Hitler's insistence that it is impossible to truly stop an assassin no matter how much security you throw at the problem might be a more relevant Hilter-was-right-ism in this case.

After what happened to Abe they're probably getting some ideas to do it now.

There were attempts on Trump, but as far as I remember those who tried were incredibly inept so they failed quite early in execution. The one case I remember was someone who decided that trying to steal a gun from an armed officer's holster on site was the best path forward to acquiring a weapon. That went about as well as you might think when he couldn't get the gun out of the holster.