https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20220708/k10013707601000.html

You've been avenged Asanuma! DIE BITCH! :japan-cool::stalin-gun-1::stalin-gun-2:

  • Awoo [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    People on Japanese internet are saying they've examined the footage more closely and think it's 2 pipes attached to a 2x4 block of wood. Might be an improvised weapon.

    • kristina [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      yeah the video had this big smokey blast, not what a normal gun does. someone witnessing said they thought abe got shot with a firework

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        2 years ago

        A pipe, some lead shot, and the innards of a bunch of fireworks will make you a passable excuse for a shotgun.

        • Mardoniush [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          Heck the Japanese made cannons from wood and they...kind of...worked. Of course like your tube of firework option there's a decent chance you'll get to fire it exactly once.

        • kristina [she/her]
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          2 years ago

          dudes probably breech loading like its the fucking 1700s and no one did anything lmao

          • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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            2 years ago

            "Reacting quickly to a shooting in a public place" is more of an American thing than a Japanese thing.