Assassination is the mother of invention. Shinzo Abe's killers gun

[ACC]

Just caught this glimpse of the gun the shooter used to assassinate Shinzo Abe. He is trowing it away as he is being detained. Obviously a homemade job since Japan does not allow citizens to own handguns. Looks pretty high tech for an improvised firearm. I see batteries and plenty of wires. Electronic ignition?

But of course, the security officer to the left is strapped (see holster on belt).



Close up of gun

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Evil will find a way.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

 

[Cameramonkey]

On a related note, the security staff carries J frame revolvers? Holy 1950s batman!

 

[AndreusMaximus]

On a related note, the security staff carries J frame revolvers? Holy 1950s batman!

I think a lot of police departments in Japan still do, too.

 

[Jaybird1980]

I'm gonna guess some kind of loose powder load. Kinda like muzzleloading shotgun. Electric spark to ignite powder.

 

[spencer rifle]

On a related note, the security staff carries J frame revolvers? Holy 1950s batman!

Better than a Nambu.

 

[Creedmoor]

Better than a Nambu.

Because 38 Special wouldn't kill you.
lol

 

[Jaybird1980]

On a related note, the security staff carries J frame revolvers? Holy 1950s batman!

Yep, it's styled after the S&W mod 36

 

[Jaybird1980]

Better than a Nambu.

It is still a Nambu, just a mod 60 Nambu

 

[COOPADUP]

I'm curious how the heck this guy snuck up carrying his invention without being noticed.

 

[AndreusMaximus]

I'm curious how the heck this guy snuck up carrying his invention without being noticed.

Doh, the barrel was less than 16". Anything with a less than 16" barrel immediately becomes an invisible, undetectable weapon of death and destruction. Didn't you know that?

 

[Bigtanker]

Lots of smoke from the shots

 

[Jaybird1980]

I'm curious how the heck this guy snuck up carrying his invention without being noticed.

Looks like he has a bag or something with a strap around him

 

[Mgderf]

I heard speculation that this was personal, not political.

 

[Refrigerator27]

On a related note, the security staff carries J frame revolvers? Holy 1950s batman!

Korea is like this to. In Korea they carry 5 bullets and a blank round which is chambered first for a "warning shot". No idea if Japan is the same way but it very well could be.

Old school because they don't allow their citizens to carry guns. crazy stuff in a modern world

 

[Thor]

Obviously the laws were working here...

 

[Cameramonkey]

I bet he bought it in Indiana.

 

[Sylvain]

I'm curious how the heck this guy snuck up carrying his invention without being noticed.

The meeting/speech was held in the street, anyone could show up with anything.

It's not like he had to go thru a security screener to enter a secured building.

Plus guns are such a foreign threat in Japan I assume bodyguards don't even look for them.

In most countries where guns are very restricted your average bodyguard will not consider a person to be a threat if they are a few feet away from their protectee (where a knife or a fist is the most likely to be used).

 

[printcraft]

Pistol grip but I don't see the shoulder thing that goes up or bayonet lug.