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Shinzo Abe, Japan's former prime minister, shot and hospitalized
Japanese former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot on Friday while campaigning in the city of Nara, a government spokesman said, with public broadcaster NHK saying he appeared to have been shot from behind by a man with a shotgun.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said he did not know Abe's condition. Kyodo news agency and NHK said Abe, 67, appeared to be in a state of cardiac arrest when taken to hospital.
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NHK, citing the police, said a suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, 42, had been taken into custody. He was a Nara resident, the report said. Images shared on social media showed a man being tackled after the shooting.
Boris Johnson Agrees to Resign as Prime Minister
Boris Johnson said on Thursday that he would step down as Britain's prime minister, after a wholesale rebellion of his cabinet, a wave of government resignations and a devastating loss of party support prompted by his handling of the the latest scandal that has engulfed his leadership.
Mr. Johnson said he would stay on in his post until the Conservative Party chooses a new leader, which could take several months. He said he expected the timetable for his departure and the selection of a successor to be decided on Monday by a committee of senior Conservative lawmakers.
"It is clearly now the will of the parliamentary Conservative Party that there should be a new leader," Mr. Johnson said in remarks outside Downing Street. "The process of choosing that new leader should begin now."
(Score: 5, Insightful) by tizan on Friday July 08 2022, @04:08PM (2 children)
However much you put the information out there....there is a big difference between a few making a gun compared to a few millions owning 10 assault rifles..Making a gun from your own metallurgy backyard shop is quite different from the 15 mins to get an AR-15 from a shop !
For e.g: Meth making is well known...how many users make their own ?
(Score: 2) by ElizabethGreene on Friday July 08 2022, @05:01PM (1 child)
I agree that there is a difference between purchasing and homebrewing firearms, but the difficulty in doing the latter should not be overstated. A homemade pipe shotgun is trivially easy to make with only a cordless drill and supplies from a Home Depot or Lowes.
(Score: 2) by tizan on Friday July 08 2022, @11:02PM
Do not underestimate the laziness of gathering materials and doing things :) Luckily for us ....otherwise every disgruntled human would be a terrorist !