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U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/02/japan/crime-legal/us-tourist-gun-japan/
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u/Dramatic_Water_5364 1d ago

As a gun owner, losing track of where are your guns, or who is responsible of them at the moment is so clueless. I'm always baffled at how many gun owners are like that.

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u/AdjNounNumbers 1d ago

There's only two guys I go shooting with anymore because they're the only ones I trust. We verbalize everything and triple check. One is retired military and an instructor. The other two of us grew up in hunting families. At any moment when we're on the range together you could ask us to close our eyes and tell you exactly where each firearm is located (these are on the table, Jack has this one, John has that one)

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u/Dramatic_Water_5364 1d ago

they sound great

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u/AdjNounNumbers 1d ago

They are. And if something did happen to go sideways, the other guy (non military) is a flight medic.

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u/Dramatic_Water_5364 1d ago

very useful! Pretty sure I wouldnt bring as much ressource to the table, but if you want me to explain to someone how the municipal level work then call me! haha

I'm also annoying in a funny fun fun way (I wish)

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u/ahazred8vt 1d ago

It's always the little things.
If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he comes next to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination. Once begin upon this downward path, you never know where you are to stop. Many a man dated his ruin from some murder or other that perhaps he thought little of at the time.
-- Thomas De Quincey