President Joe Biden reacted to the assassination of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, by praising Japan’s strict gun control laws.
“One thing did strike my attention that this is the first use of a weapon to murder someone in Japan and I think we have thus far have 3,000 … don’t hold me to the numbers … 688, or between three to four thousand cases,” Biden said. “They have one.”
Biden’s comment is unclear but it appears he was speaking about gun deaths in Japan compared to gun deaths in the United States.
According to the Gun Violence Archive, the United States has had 10,391 gun deaths so far in 2022 (excluding suicides).
Japan has some of the world’s strictest gun laws, only allowing citizens to own shotguns or airguns after a lengthy background check and registration process.
Abe was shot in the back with what looked to be a handmade gun.
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