in shock

As with most of the world, am totally in shock over the assassination of the former Prime Minister.

Apparently the gun laws here are so strict, you have to pass a background check, mental health examination among other criteria.

If you can pass all of the criteria which apparently takes a year or more, you can then get one.

It’s not to say that Japan does not have crime.

There are crimes here but the bulk of them have knives involved.

The phrase used a lot on the news Friday was “hiretsu na banko” (cowardly barbarism)

This was so senseless.

Please take care everyone.