Re: Former Japanese PM Abe Shot Dead During Speech
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2022 7:08 am
by n5wmk
"Home made shotgun." Interesting. Just goes to show, no matter how strict a country's gun laws may be, that if a deranged person is determined enough, the end goal will be accomplished.
Re: Former Japanese PM Abe Shot Dead During Speech
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2022 10:54 am
by NotRPB
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Re: Former Japanese PM Abe Shot Dead During Speech
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2022 2:27 pm
by BigGuy
From a Facebook page I follow. Supposedly the home made shotgun used to kill the PM.
Re: Former Japanese PM Abe Shot Dead During Speech
From a Facebook page I follow. Supposedly the home made shotgun used to kill the PM.
Yes. Metal tubes, duck tape, wood... probably black power, judging by all the smoke.
On another forum I belong too, somebody posted a better side shot of it. It had a pistol grip and what looked like batteries. They speculated, on the other forum, that the ignition was electric arc.
Re: Former Japanese PM Abe Shot Dead During Speech
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2022 1:17 am
by philip964
Not to complement a villain so horrible, but you could understand he was quite skilled at making guns.
Found in his house being carried by police after the assassination.
Re: Former Japanese PM Abe Shot Dead During Speech
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2022 7:30 am
by n5wmk
A bit of an analysis of the construction of the shotgun by Mark Serbu on YouTube
Re: Former Japanese PM Abe Shot Dead During Speech
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2022 4:35 pm
by surprise_i'm_armed
Has the projectile been determined?
SIA
Re: Former Japanese PM Abe Shot Dead During Speech
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2022 9:35 pm
by Soccerdad1995
NotRPB wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 10:54 am
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Don't give the ATF any ideas. They are already trying to regulate pieces of plastic (80% lowers / Bump stocks) that are incapable of discharging a projectile.
Re: Former Japanese PM Abe Shot Dead During Speech
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2022 9:37 pm
by Soccerdad1995
In theory, a spring loaded nail, a piece of the appropriate diameter metal pipe, and a shotgun shell seems like all one would need. That plus some type of handle.
Re: Former Japanese PM Abe Shot Dead During Speech
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2022 9:13 am
by The Annoyed Man
An American friend of mine was shot in London after a pub brawl by a thug armed with a very similar weapon. Very fortunately, he was running away from the fight and was wearing a very heavy leather coat, and had opened up enough distance that the shot never broke any skin. It just left him with a nasty bruise in the middle of his back. England is, of course, another example of a country with very restrictive gun laws; and my friend's incident just one more example of how futile such laws are at disarming criminals, while being very effective at disarming decent people.
Re: Former Japanese PM Abe Shot Dead During Speech
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2022 1:01 pm
by philip964
The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Fri Jul 15, 2022 9:13 am
An American friend of mine was shot in London after a pub brawl by a thug armed with a very similar weapon. Very fortunately, he was running away from the fight and was wearing a very heavy leather coat, and had opened up enough distance that the shot never broke any skin. It just left him with a nasty bruise in the middle of his back. England is, of course, another example of a country with very restrictive gun laws; and my friend's incident just one more example of how futile such laws are at disarming criminals, while being very effective at disarming decent people.
I remember I think a Guy Richie film set in London. It was a Crime/drama/comedy. It seemed to have lots of people with guns and pig farms, and in one more amusing scene, a guy drew his replica gun on a guy with a real gun. The real gun guy then drew his weapon and said something like " my gun says Desert Eagle on the side, what does yours say?"
Re: Former Japanese PM Abe Shot Dead During Speech
The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Fri Jul 15, 2022 9:13 am
An American friend of mine was shot in London after a pub brawl by a thug armed with a very similar weapon. Very fortunately, he was running away from the fight and was wearing a very heavy leather coat, and had opened up enough distance that the shot never broke any skin. It just left him with a nasty bruise in the middle of his back. England is, of course, another example of a country with very restrictive gun laws; and my friend's incident just one more example of how futile such laws are at disarming criminals, while being very effective at disarming decent people.
I remember I think a Guy Richie film set in London. It was a Crime/drama/comedy. It seemed to have lots of people with guns and pig farms, and in one more amusing scene, a guy drew his replica gun on a guy with a real gun. The real gun guy then drew his weapon and said something like " my gun says Desert Eagle on the side, what does yours say?"
NotRPB wrote: ↑Fri Jul 08, 2022 10:54 am
12 GA. PLUMBING WATER PIPES MAY SOON NEED BACKGROUND CHECKS PRIOR TO PURCHASE
Don't give the ATF any ideas. They are already trying to regulate pieces of plastic (80% lowers / Bump stocks) that are incapable of discharging a projectile.