Common Sense? CBS Urges U.S. Adopt Japan’s Occupation-Era Gun Control

On Monday’s CBS MorningsThey continued to travel the world in support of gun control laws. The team left Europe to travel to Japan. Elizabeth Palmer, a Japanese foreign correspondent who is also a friend to Iran’s regime, spoke out about their oppressive system. A citizen must wait for a license to carry a weapon.

So much for “common sense” gun laws.

“As the U.S. gun-control debate intensifies, some Americans are looking overseas for ideas on how to prevent mass shootings. Japan has the lowest rate of gun violence worldwide,” co-host Nate Burleson announced at the top of the segment. “Seems like it’s about time we adopt some of those laws,”He kept pushing until the end.

Palmer, who was hanging out with Raphael from Japan at a skeet range shooting range. He praised him “mandatory training”Citizen had to pass, along with a “written exam, a physical and a mental health evaluation, and even then the police can go and ask your family and friends whether you’ve got any violent tendencies.”

Raphael said to her, “It took me one year.” She also noted, “the police had even interviewed his wife.”

Then, she referred to the absurdity of gun shop owners needing permission to stock ammunition.

The rifle is one of three guns that a civilian can have, and he’s very proud of the big buck he shot in Japan. He said that air guns can also be used as shotguns but this is all.

According to what I have heard, ammunition is also under strict control. There are some rounds in this cabinet.

I confirm his statement. He said, “Yes,” and that if a gun owner is out of ammunition, he must get police permission to purchase more.

“Does he think the law goes too far? He doesn’t think so. He supports it, as do most Japanese. the price for almost zero gun violence,”She boasted.

Palmer couldn’t believe that Japan has such stringent gun control laws because it was due to the United States. “And how’s this for ironic? Japan owes its strict gun laws to America,” she mocked. “When the U.S. occupied Japan after World War II it disarmed the country.”

A soundbite was even added from an old document where the narration said: “To the scrap heap went the guns.”Palmer overlooked the fact that the U.S. has also barred Japan from owning a military.

“Americans shaped the legislation that took firearms out of the hands of civilians, and to this day, that means getting hurt or killed by a gun in Japan is an extremely long shot,” she jabbed as she wrapped up the report.

Palmer is basically praising American firearm confiscation for allowing for a more peaceful occupation and pacification, exactly what was intended by the founders. It is also unfortunate that Palmer praises the American confiscation of firearms for the pacification and smoother occupation of a citizenry.

You can find the transcript below. To read it, please click on “expand”.

CBS Mornings
June 6, 2022
Eastern, 7:41:04

NATE BURLESON – As America’s gun control debate heats up, Americans look abroad for ways to stop mass shootings. Japan is home to one of the highest rates of gun violence worldwide. The stark comparison is striking. There are more than four US firearm murders per 100,000 residents, compared with almost zero in Japan. Elizabeth Palmer reports about the shocking origins of gun restrictions placed upon Japanese citizens.

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ELIZABETH PALMER : Raphael (a famous Japanese YouTuber) is also an ex-military. Before he could take up skeet-shooting with Takashi Maeda as his instructor, Raphael had to obtain a gun licence. This is a difficult process in Japan.

Training is mandatory. The training is required.

How long was it from the moment you started the process to the day you received your license?

“It took me one year,” he stated, adding that he had told me police had interviewed his wife.

Although handguns are allowed to be carried by Japanese police, they can only be used for their own purposes and rarely drawn. Tokyo’s Ozawa gun shop is closed on afternoons. Katsumi Fakuda was the owner and offered to show me around. Are you there?

KATSUMI FAKUDA: Yes.

PALMER: Wow.

The rifle is one of three guns that a civilian can have, and he’s very proud of the big buck he shot in Japan. He said that air guns can also be used as shotguns but this is all.

According to what I have heard, ammunition is also under strict control. There are some rounds inside the cabinet.

I confirm his statement. He said, “Yes,” and that if a gun owner is out of ammunition, he must get police permission to purchase more.

Is he concerned that the law is too restrictive? He doesn’t think so. As with most Japanese, he believes it is the best way to ensure almost no gun violence. Ironic, isn’t it? America is responsible for Japan’s strict gun laws.

NARRATOR: These machines had to be destroyed.

PALMER: The United States occupied Japan in 1945 after World War II. It then disarmed it.

NARRATOR: The guns were sent to the dump heap.

PALMERS: Americans created the laws that removed firearms from the hands civilians. That means that getting injured or killed in Japan by a gun is a very long shot. For CBS Mornings, Elizabeth Palmer, Tokyo.

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BURLESON