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3D-Printed Gun Earns Man Two Years In Japanese Prison
jfruh writes: Japan has some of the strictest anti-gun laws in the world, and the authorities there aim to make sure new technologies don't open any loopholes. 28-year-old engineer Yoshitomo Imura has been sentenced to two years in jail after making guns with a 3D printer in his home in Kawasaki.
Weren't the guns laws in Japan first imposed by the US military occupying the country?
No, they were imposed prior to either World War, when Japan was in its Isolation period. But most of the current laws do stem from the occupation, it's just important to note that from a cultural point of view they have never been a gun-loving society.
Who commits 90% of the gun crime in the U.S.? Certainly not law abiding citizens. MILLIONS of crimes are prevented every year by law abiding citizens either brandishing (99% of the time) or using (1% of the time) their legally held guns.
Secondly: look up what the word 'democide' means. You're an idiot who wants to get us all killed by our government.
Still, only 200 million people were killed by their own governments in the last century, so it's no big deal.
I can't find an easy cite at the moment but I seem to remember that peasants were forbidden from possessing any purpose built weapons.
Depends on the time period. Naginata e.g. where originally farmers weapons and partly weapons of citizens in towns (in the later case used to crash down houses in case of fire, not only for fighting)
And that many martial arts weapons were improvised from farming tools or other items that weren't necessarily weapons.
Depends on the region. That is mainly true in Okinawa.
The main "ban" is that it is forbidden for a _non samurai_ to wear _two swords_ Especially the short one indicates its nobility.
It was most of the time allowed that merchants etc.while traveling could bear weapons, but depending on period again: not ready to draw in their belt.
Later normal peasants where not even allowed to leave their town, birth region. So the question about weapons was a bit mitigated.
Cost free eBook I read (by iBook/Kobo/Amazon/ObookO/Gutenberg etc.): "The Green Odyssey" by Philip Jose Farmer.
In reality, in nations like New Zealand (and Japan, I believe) criminals rarely use guns. A well-connected crook can get a gun if he wants one, but the risks generally outweigh the benefits. (For a start, using a gun to commit a crime guarantees much more police attention than you would otherwise get. And if you do get caught, you can expect a much harsher sentence.)