This is why it's unwise to piss off peaceful (self-controlled) people, because at some point there will be a limit and it will be exceeded unawares and the response will be extreme.
In case you think "this can't happen in Japan" let me remind you of the very violent history of Japanese politics. 1960: assassination of InejirΕ Asanuma, 1932 The League of Blood Incident, 1932 May15 Incident, 1932 Assassination of Dan Takuma, 1921 Assassination of Hara Takashi, 1901 Assassination of Hoshi TΕru, 1931 Assassination of Junnosuke Inoue, 2002 Assassination of KΕki Ishii, 2007 Assassination of Iccho Itoh.
But the weapon used this time was unbelievably crude: a couple of steel pipes and a piece of wood held together with duct tape.
This is why it's unwise to piss off peaceful (self-controlled) people, because at some point there will be a limit and it will be exceeded unawares and the response will be extreme.
Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan, was shot while delivering a campaign speech:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZv9sD_OyvM
In case you think "this can't happen in Japan" let me remind you of the very violent history of Japanese politics. 1960: assassination of InejirΕ Asanuma, 1932 The League of Blood Incident, 1932 May15 Incident, 1932 Assassination of Dan Takuma, 1921 Assassination of Hara Takashi, 1901 Assassination of Hoshi TΕru, 1931 Assassination of Junnosuke Inoue, 2002 Assassination of KΕki Ishii, 2007 Assassination of Iccho Itoh.
But the weapon used this time was unbelievably crude: a couple of steel pipes and a piece of wood held together with duct tape.
News this morning is reporting that it was a homemade gun.