The gun lobby popularized the statement, “guns don’t kill people, people do.” And while I am not for gun toting citizenry what happened in Japan shows that until people clean themselves up on the inside any thing could be used to cause harm to another. Gun control is strict in Japan. But knives are popular weapons. Has anyone noticed how violent Japanese anime is? It isn’t mentioned, but couldn’t it be a powerful influence?
Until individuals commit to peace and ways that promote it, awful tragedies like what happened in Japan could sadly, be repeated. Peace is the key.
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The Story – Japanese Stabbing
Tokyo’s Akihabara district, a popular shopping area for consumer electronics, was still in shock on Monday following a killing spree by a 25-year-old man who plowed a rented truck into an intersection full of pedestrians, then began stabbing bystanders at random. The rampage,continued
