Thursday, October 18, 2012

Importing the Sword Hunt

In November 1993, the Hattoris met President Bill Clinton in Washington, handing him part of some 1.7 million Japanese signatures calling for stricter gun control in the United States and asking the president to resolutely back their cause. [More]
Because that always has worked so well in serving certain interests over there...

1 comment:

Ed said...

The "serving certain interests" discusses the Japanese "confiscating the weapons of the enemies". Sound like New York City's Tammany Hall and the Sullivan Act, which prevented political enemies from possessing weapons while those in favor were able to remain armed.