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> It's more likely to see some malfunctioning tech, than experience a real gun fired. And with all the smoke, that's what people probably thought at first, tha
by Melting_Harps 4y ago
> It's more likely to see some malfunctioning tech, than experience a real gun fired. And with all the smoke, that's what people probably thought at first, that some tech went haywire.
What the hell did he shoot him with it, a relic musket from a Sengoku Jidai display? I don't think I've ever seen or heard anything like that outside of military battle reenactments, with all that smoke it sounds like a cannon more than a gun.
Abenomics would always end up this way, Japan has been facing an ACTUAL existential crisis since the end of the bubble era. You know you messed up when you made these people go from Karoshi to assassination.
- zaik 4y agoIt's a self-made gun.
- Melting_Harps 4y ago> It's a self-made gun. I guess that sort of makes sense, but even then DD's Liberator from 8 years ago was a far better option to go for here.
- Lio 4y ago"better option" in what possible way? I'm very sorry to say this homemade gun did exactly the job it was intended to do. Terrible news. :(
- int_19h 4y agoYou're forgetting that he also had to make his own ammo. A black powder shotgun is the easiest firearm to make from scratch if you have that constraint.
- p33p 4y agoI read elsewhere that authorities think the gun was homebuilt as guns are so rare and hard to get in Japan.
- torgian 4y agoIt was literally two pipes strapped to what looks like a block of wood.