Comments on: Japanese Mayor Shot Dead

Mayor Of Southwestern City Of Nagasaki Killed By Gangster, News Agency Reports

[toldyouso21]

Ahem...maybe like the Nazi party--Japan should stop coddling and living with the right wing extremism and ban it entirely? After all, based on this news story they seem to want to settle political and personal issues by killing someone. Maybe they would find a different outlet if they could not so freely express their hate and disrespect for democracy.

[toolmangler-2009]

53 shootings in all of Japan last year. Who says gun control does'nt work....
Posted by themooniac at 07:32 PM : Apr 17, 2007


How many murders in all were committed in Japan last year? By cars, truck. bombs, knives, poisons ect? anybody know? or care?

[noaanhc]

I was actually called an idiot on here,what a great honor.Well my answer is sticks and stones
but we still have the highest murder rate in the the democratic world and the gun lobby cannot change that with insulting words.Look people
I don't want to ban guns for that only punishes the law abiding gun owners,but we as a nation have to do some very hard soul searching on why this country has sunk to such a low level of violent depravity.We as a nation can do better then that.

[pwhited-2009]

We aren't in Japan, themooniac. Even the CDC, who is vehemently anti-gun, states that there is NO evidence to show that gun bans work in the US. The nearly total ban of firearms in Washington DC has been a dismal failure over the past 30 years, as proven by their murder rate every year. By contrast, states that have concealed carry laws have seen a sizeable DECREASE in gun related crimes. Why? Because criminals prefer unarmed victims.

Stay unarmed, if that is your choice. If you become a statistic, that will also be your choice.

[themooniac]

53 shootings in all of Japan last year. Who says gun control does'nt work....

[pwhited-2009]

2 million crimes a year are prevented in the United States by law abiding citizens with legally owned firearms. Without a shot being fired. You never hear that on mainstream media because it doesn't fit the liberal/socialist agenda. Gun bans don't work and it's simple to understand. Criminals don't obey the law. Only law abiding firearm owners are affected by banning guns. Anyone who can't figure that one out is either on drugs or just plain stupid. The proof is in Nagasaki. A criminal, without regard for the total ban on firearms in Japan, shot and killed the Mayor of that city.

Gun Free Zones are merely potential slaughterhouses for those with evil intent. Cho probably laughed to himself as he read the "Gun Free Zone" signs when he entered the buildings to create his murder and mayhem yesterday morning.


I own firearms, both for target shooting and self defense. I can state with absolute certainty that my guns have killed fewer people than Ted Kennedys CAR. I hope it stays that way forever, because I do not wish to kill another human. However, if I had to choose between the life of a family member over that of a criminal, I will shoot to kill. It is MY duty to protect myself and my family. Period.

[thgdriver]

noaanhc

What's the NRA got to do with this?? Oh, and by the way, your an idiot!!

[rudy654-2009]

"The person did this heinous act nothing else!!"

Yes, but who wants the criminal to have such an effective means to commit the act?

[mcmustang2]

A gun crime in Japan! And Japan has one of the most restrictive set of gun laws in the world!

Will CBS news profile the gunman and where and when he purchased the gun? Will there be a debate over Japanese gun laws not being restrictive enough?

Criminals will always get guns. Until the technology is obsolete.

[thgdriver]

I wonder if we would have all this gun grabbing bull shi! if instead of using a gun, he waited outside with a car or truck and when there were enough victims on the street/sidewalk he ran them all down and killed 30 to 40.

Would we be banning cars/trucks? Would we be banning tires?

Would CBS be printing headlines where the car/truck was purchased??

The person did this heinous act nothing else!!