This Is How Strict One Country Is With Gun Control
Japan has some of the toughest gun-control laws on the planet – perhaps the strictest ever – and that need for tight control over anything firearm-related even affects their military.
Japan has some of the toughest gun-control laws on the planet – perhaps the strictest ever – and that need for tight control over anything firearm-related even affects their military.
Under Japan’s Firearms and Swords Control Law of 1958, the possession of firearms and swords is prohibited in principle, and civilians can only obtain shotguns or air rifles for hunting or sport shooting after a rigorous process, according to Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. But their military also has strict measures involving firearms.
One video posted on X in April showed Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces troops at a range, but there was a twist – there would be another one holding a huge butterfly net for the purposes of catching the brass. It’s actually a long-running practice, with one reply to the post showing Imperial Japanese Army troops doing something similar with machine guns in the World War II era.
Apparently, if every round is not accounted for, then the troops don’t go anywhere until the lost sheep – I mean casing – is located and recovered. Can’t say this is particularly surprising, given what we saw Japanese soccer fans do during the World Cup, and it certainly is an extreme oppositeto the range slobs whose aftermath is all too familiar to American gun owners.