He should have ducked. At least the assassin was wearing a mask and keeping others safe.
Update: Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been pronounced dead after an assassin with a homemade shotgun fired several shots from behind, hitting him in the left chest region.
Shinzo fell to the ground, where he could reportedly be seen bleeding from the neck. After being rushed to the hospital, Abe fell into cardiac arrest and was unable to be revived.
The gunman, 41, wearing a grey t-shirt and tan pants, did not flee the scene, and was taken into custody by the police.
While in custody, the gunman (a former maritime self-defense forces member) told police he intended to kill Abe because he was “frustrated” with the former premier, according to national public broadcaster NHK.
The assassination is one of Japan’s highest-profile acts of political violence since World War Two and came ahead of the country’s upper house election on Sunday, which the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is expected to win.
Japan is one of the world’s safest countries and has the strictest gun control laws. There are still no details on the homemade shotgun and its manufacturing.
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Update (2317ET): According to Kyodo news, former Japanese Prime Minister Abe is reportedly showing no signs of life and has suffered from cardiac arrest after being taken to the hospital, according to police and fire officials.
The 67-year-old was shot from approximately 3 meters (10 feet) away. The suspect, 41-year-old Yamagami Tatsuya, reportedly stayed on the scene until his arrest on an attempted murder charge.
Nikkei 225 futures erased gains following news of Abe’s collapse, while the yen gained with US Treasuries.
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Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has reportedly been shot in the chest during a campaign speech at around 11:30 a.m. in the city of Nara, near Kyoto. According to NHK what sounded like ‘consecutive bangs’ were heard, after which Abe could be seen bleeding – with some reports saying from the neck. It appears he was shot in the left chest area from behind.
The local fire department reports that Abe is in cardiac arrest, while Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) members reported him to be unconscious.
Wow l’ancien premier ministre Shinzo Abe se serait fait tiré dessus lors d’un meeting à Nara.pic.twitter.com/KxFZApaF2B
— ⛩ Ryo Saeba ⛩ (@Ryo_Saeba_3) July 8, 2022
A suspect, believed to be a young or middle-aged man, was apprehended at the scene along with a shotgun, according to NHK.
Futures took an immediate hit on the news.
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This is the man who showed President Trump how to feed fish (and the media jumped on Trump)? I am sad.
Don’t be.
“Despite being portrayed as a “right-wing nationalist”, Abe was always a globalist creature, who “sought to increase Japan’s international profile by expanding ties with NATO, the EU, and other organizations beyond the Asia-Pacific region.” He also “attempted to centralize security policy in the Prime Minister’s office by creating the Japanese National Security Council to better coordinate national security policy, and by ordering the first National Security Strategy in Japan’s history. Based on the American body of the same name, the law to create the NSC was passed in November 2013 and began operating the following month when Abe appointed Shotaro Yachi as Japan’s first National Security Advisor.”
He was, in short, a man of the world machine.”
“after an assassin with a homemade shotgun fired several shots from behind, hitting him in the left chest region.”
Well look at that, you can’t own firearms in Japan without severe restrictions. Yet somehow a criminal was still able to break the law and make his own. Will the liberals take note? Nope.
No, you are the one that should take note and learn to home-make your guns.
I will pass. The beauty of the 2nd Amendment is that I don’t have to make some crappy shotgun out of supplies found at a hardware store.
That beauty may not be there forever, and when it disappears, you will be a toad. Being dependent is a weakness. In your case, it’s dependent on the weapon manufacturer.
You must assume that all people keep their guns and ammunition in one place. Any visitor of this site that has even a slight clue of what is coming would be wise to store guns and ammo as well as food in different locations. With 300 million guns in this country, if we ever get to the point of having to build our own shotguns, we mind as well just use sticks and stone, because we would be beyond fucked. No toad here, just prepared.
Your ability to produce essentials is still shit. Both food and guns won’t last forever. When you have to use sticks and stone, your enemies may blast the life out of you with their home-made shotguns, just like poor Abe.
Thank God for the bow and arrow that has been around for centuries. Your argument is wrong on one front – even a homemade shotgun needs ammunition. If the guns are gone, so is the ammunition, or components to make it. So yes, sticks and stones, or at least the time proven bow and arrow will have to do.
True.
But look into modern potato guns. Almost any propellant can be used and the “primer” is just a bbq lighter or anything that will make a spark in the chamber.
As a kid I saw a 1″ marble go through a solid wood door from one of these. It was not even sophisticated and was powered by hairspray.
Steel barrel and chamber? Scaled down to shoot 1/2″ ball bearings? Seriously deadly. Load with Flechettes? Seriously nasty.
The one thing man never seems to have difficulty with is finding ways to kill other men.
Do you really think what came out of that home-made shotgun was bought from a gun shop? A man is lethal not because he has a weapon in his hand, but because anything he has in his hand can be turned into a lethal weapon.
VX-3 Sabre potato launcher
Thank God the Japs had the most stringent anti-gun laws on the planet or the
Prime Minister would have been assassinated…..
Fuck all gun laws.
Murderers don’t fucking care.
When men give up the ability to defend themselves, they become slaves or corpses.
No in between.
Ammo up, folks. The choice is slavery, death, or….freedom.
Choose wisely.
He should’ve ducked.
Good ole’ abe and abenonmics. When he took power the yen was strong and prices were falling. I suppose you can call it deflation, not a bad thing like the MSM wants you to believe…unless you’re in debt. The value of the yen was climbing like the US was prior to the creation of the FR. Can’t have that. Those peons, serfs, whatever you want to call them were living a good life. Anyway, he decided to print a shitton of money and buy every damed bond from the bankers he could get his hands on, to stop prices from falling. Of course it was for the benefit of the people . He transferred the value of the peoples yen to the bankers and now the yen is crap and the peoples wealth evaporated. Soon to be followed by the dollar. He was a member of TPTB. Good riddance. Won’t change anything though, not a big deal. (edited version)
Very VERY encouraging article. Nice to know that one can make a homemade shotgun. Where are the instructions?
On the internet?
We used to make zip-shotguns from pipe as kids. No internet. No plans. Just 13 years of watching dad make stuff.
Your guns are all the instructions you need. This guy’s ancestors had dismantled your guns and mass produced their own.
First homemade autoloader…sweet shooter too.
Browning A5 was the best duck gun I ever used. Still regret to this day selling it even though I don’t hunt waterfowl anymore.
I have a copy I keep with my ammonium nitrate hoard lol
Apparently all you need is black tape, a 2X4 and two pieces of pipe.
At least the moron was wearing a mask, nothing like being “safe” when assassinating someone. Asians are some weird people. Very obedient for sure.
If you were planning on killing someone, would you want to stand out by not wearing one?
From the Gakuin of Otoya Yamaguchi.
“Locking down” the entire world for years has some people pretty pissed off.
Politicians of every stripe should all understand, there can be grave consequences for just following orders.
Team B weighs in .
Donald J Trump
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Really BAD NEWS FOR THE WORLD! Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is dead. He was assassinated. His killer was captured and will hopefully be dealt with swiftly and harshly. Few people know what a great man and leader Shinzo Abe was, but history will teach them and be kind. He was a unifier like no other, but above all, he was a man who loved and cherished his magnificent country, Japan. Shinzo Abe will be greatly missed. There will never be another like him! —President Donald J. Trump
I see that he was the prototypical Japanese – in that he had no children.
Considering what a screwing the Japanese government has given its people, it is logical they would revert to violent change. There are few politicians anywhere that do not deserve the same treatment. When the people fear government you have tyranny, when the government fear the people, you have freedom, or some semblance of it.