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Blogger Stabbed To Death After Internet Abuse Seminar (theguardian.com)
A prominent Japanese blogger has been stabbed to death minutes after giving a seminar on how to resolve personal disputes on the internet. The Guardian reports: Media reports said Kenichiro Okamoto, better known by his blogger name Hagex, died on Sunday evening after reportedly being attacked by a man he had argued with online. The suspect, Hidemitsu Matsumoto, allegedly followed Okamoto into the toilets after he had ended his talk at a venue in the south-western city of Fukuoka.
Okamoto was stabbed several times before staggering out of the toilets after his assailant, who fled on a bicycle, according to the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper. Okamoto, who sustained stab wounds to the chest and neck, was taken to hospital where he was confirmed dead. His attacker reportedly handed himself in almost three hours after the attack.
Okamoto was stabbed several times before staggering out of the toilets after his assailant, who fled on a bicycle, according to the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper. Okamoto, who sustained stab wounds to the chest and neck, was taken to hospital where he was confirmed dead. His attacker reportedly handed himself in almost three hours after the attack.
Which is all good and well and I do agree with you.
The first two years after my twins were born, I was more than once glad that I don't have ammunition at home. I didn't ever think it would have been an actual danger but when thoughts like "Ya know, you jump off a bridge and all this crap is behind you" occur daily or even several times in a day, you just don't need to have to use the willpower to fight off added temptation, no matter how minor.
That being said, I like guns. Collecting them, shooting them, cleaning them and working on them gives me pleasure. Something I can't say about a lot if not most aspects of adult life.
If you're going to take them away from me after I have proven resilient enough to handle the responsibility in an ongoing and long-standing crisis situation under a lot of mental stress, you better have both a DAMNED good reason and a replacement for that hobby.
If you're going to take something from a law abiding citizen, you better make it worth their while or no matter how much legalese you throw at me, I consider you a thief. And if you use the threat of police force, I consider you a robber.
Doesn't mean I will take up arms against you. After all, the hobby isn't worth a human life. It will just piss me the fucking hell off and that's exactly how people like Trump get voted in...