On Japan's ex-PM being assassinated?

[imanamerican63]

There will be a great chance this could happen in another country? I imagine that security has been beefed up worldwide? The gun was reported as a homemade gun and was undetected by authorities.

[Ocelot II]

1. This is probably a one-off, although I expect Japan will increase security

for public figures. They have extremely stringent gun laws, so the suspect had to make his own gun. His motive is not quite clear yet:

Yamagami told police he held a grudge against a "certain group," and that he intended to kill Abe because he believed Abe had ties to that group. Separately, NHK reported that the suspect claimed not to have attacked the former PM over his political beliefs. The Mainichi newspaper characterized the target of the suspect's enmity as a religious group, and also claimed he was aiming at a religious leader who wasn’t attending the rally, adding to the confusion.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-08/who-shot-shinzo-abe-and-why-everything-we-know-so-far

[maxsolomon]

2. There's always a chance that a politician will be shot.

The risk is no greater today than it was prior to Abe's assassination.

Japan is apparently more lax with security than other nations because guns aren't as ubiquitous.