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Posted in: Gun tourism See in context

I hope the tourists enjoy themselves & have fun with the guns.Now then Japanese anti-gun posters & others from my country & from the other parts of this world,I'll explain why people shoot guns: 1.The challenge of accurately hitting a taget,whether fired from a bolt-action or semi-auto weapon on range. 2.The competitiveness of shooting-sports.Ive found it quite addictive & it has various disciplines,within it. 3.A chance to own a piece of history,such as a Arisaka rifle or an Enfield.303,which are no longer made.Rather than destroy the obsolete weapons,they have been given a new lease of life & are used in competitions,much like Routemaster, Leyland Titan & Atlantean buses were reconditioned & used as tourist buses in London or used at festival shows,for museams,historic groups,etc.I view any WW2 relic as an important piece of history,which it is & needs to be preserved in working order. 4.Its a sport that can be played equally by all sexes & disabilities. 5.Skeet & trap-shooting is no diffent to hitting paper-targets with a pistol. SloanAkira,not every person who uses a gun is a person who possesses qualities similar to those that you mentioned.Peter Wilson won a gold at the Olympics in London & he is a normal guy,who likes drink & has a girlfriend. Wilson was shooting to win a medal.

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Posted in: In Japan, gun ownership is a privilege, not a right See in context

As an Englishman,I am astounded at how draconian Japans gun laws are.I thought we had it bad in Britain,with our gun bans following the Hungerford & Dunblane massacres,which effectively banned large-calibre semi-automatic & pump-action rifles & later on most types of handguns-but there's one country stricter than us-Japan.The lunatics who killed were known by the police to be unhinged but went unchecked,but thats another story.Over here a shotgun is far easier to acquire,than a pellet-gun is in Japan & it takes about three-months to get a license from the police & the same goes for a firearm license too,in which an applicant can apply for a rifle & for a shotgun,at the same time.No having to wait 10 years for permission,on a shotgun license & calibers are unrestricted too.No offense to your government,but thats just a bit unfair & if Japan does lighten its gun laws,it will never be like America.Britains gun laws are very lax in comparison & we've never been like America,even in the days of when we could own handguns & assault-weapons. America is unique in this sense for obvious reasons.

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