oh looks liked that was fatal.

On 8 July 2022, Shinzo Abe, former prime minister of Japan, was shot in the chest during a campaign speech near Yamato-Saidaiji Station in Nara at approximately 11:30 Japan Standard Time.[1][2]

According to The Guardian and various other sources, Abe was making a speech for the upcoming elections when he was shot up to three times from behind with a shotgun.[3][4] Abe suffered from a cardiopulmanary arrest and was transported to a local hospital with a chest wound, reported to have no vital signs at the hospital as of 12:07 JST.[1][5] Tetsuya Yamagami, a 42-year-old male from Nara Prefecture, was immediately apprehended on suspicion of attempted murder. [6][7][8]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Shinzo_Abe

https://twitter.com/Global_Mil_Info/status/1545241035995074560

Better video
https://www.asahi.com/sp/articles/ASQ783VDFQ78POMB008.html

He is confirmed dead, now.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/07/08/national/shinzo-abe-dead-nara-shooting/

The Religious Cult Secretly Running Japan

Nippon Kaigi, a small cult with some of the country’s most powerful people, aims to return Japan to pre-WWII imperial ‘glory.’ Sunday’s elections may further its goal.

Japan: Shinzo Abe’s Government Has a Thing About Hitler. It Likes Him.

Reviving imperial glory has always been an Abe obsession. But teaching ‘Mein Kampf’ in the schools? Japan joins the roster of threatened democracies.

so then, gun control?

not gonna do much for DIY shotguns.

i'm aware japan has some of the strictest gun control laws next to australia. i was more making a joke in line with "thoughts and prayers".

At least he's staying well-hydrated.

I was wondering how long before someone brought it up.