Kyoto Arson Attack Demonstrates A Key Point In The Gun Rights Argument

By Greg Camp

Fayetteville, AR – -(AmmoLand.com)- On Thursday (18 July 2019), an arsonist attacked Kyoto Animation (KyoAni) anime studio in Kyoto, Japan. The suspect is reported to have poured gasoline around the first floor of the three-floor studio before setting it alight, killing thirty-three and injuring thirty-five others at the time of this writing.

According to the police, the suspect claimed as he was being arrested that the studio had plagiarized his work, though law enforcement has not had time to investigate the suspect’s motives. KyoAni is noted as being a standout in the industry for treating employees well and is known among fans of anime for the K-On! series, among others.

Japan consistently shows up in discussions of guns and homicide rates among developed nations. Always cited by gun control advocates as an ideal, a society that makes private legal possession of firearms all but impossible, and it is true to say that their rate of intentional homicides has been consistently lower than that of the United States for over a century, especially in recent years. The Japanese rate of gun …Read the Rest

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