blue. thank you for being back with us to make. it s a pleasure. thanks for having us. shannon: out of that mall outside of indianapolis where a shooter that they now track and say that he went into a bathroom for about an hour, had several firearms, had more than 100 runs fama, came out and started shooting people in the food court. the 22 year old guy, he decides to take it out and does it, being called a hero. an opinion pieces by the anti-gun zealots can t admit concealed carry works. those who carry have likely done more to mitigate the strategies than any gun measure passed or championed by democrats, then again, for gun control advocates, anyone with a weapon is a bad guy. what you make of that? while, i think it s absolutely crazy for people on the left side to say things like that. if you own and is unlawfully, you are a hero when you act out.
his condition is unknown. how rare guns are in japan. laws are strict. we re getting information that the suspect in this case used a handmade gun. we re trying to get a sense of what that is. getting hands on a real gun is difficult. pretty difficult. just to put things into perspective, gun violence is almost nonexistent. the annual deaths hasn t reached triple digits since the year 2,000. the reason, according to gun control advocates is that firearm regulations are restrictive, under the 1958 firearm and sword law. most guns are illegal in the country.
homicides involving gun often in single digits. and the reason for that, you know, according to gun control advocates is because of the regulations here in japan that are extremely restrictive as a result of a 1958 firearm and sword law. most guns are illegal in the country. in order to possess a weapon, you have to obtain special approval, passing mental health checks, background checks, explain to police why you need a gun, receive formal instruction and pass a collection of written mental and drug tests. and while it is rare, when it comes to mass killings in japan, those often responsible resort to using guns or excuse me knives or arson instead of guns. so gun violence in japan, incredibly rare. and the fact that there was an attack on the former prime minister about an hour ago is just incredible. it s truly stunning to think
revise the constitution to legitimize the military. what we know is the former prime minister was shot twice, current lein currently in critical condition. we don t know the condition of the suspect in custody. you highlighted the sounds of the gunshots, gun violence so rare in japan. reporter: yeah, here in japan gun violence is almost nonexistent. number of deaths have not reached triple digits since the year of 2000 with the number of homicides involving guns often in the single digits. the reason according to gun control advocates, the firearm regulations are extremely restrictive here in japan under the 1958 firearm and sword law, most guns are illegal in the country under that law. possession is really only allowed if special approval is obtained. before that can even happen you
director, who there has only been in the history of atf one other person who has been a senate confirmed atf director, that person is going to be voted on next week. they re going to look to him for a lot of what they re going to do next in this avenue. and one of the things that i continue to hear from gun control advocates is that they want to see the white house stop taking things off the table. stop saying what they think they can t do and allow the courts to decide something like that. but that gets into a situation where the administration does not want to have the power of the agency shrink, you saw that happen last week with the epa for example. one of the things that president biden could do now that gun advocates have wanted him to do is create a white house office of gun prevention and that is something that would operate out of this office. eugene, it is jonathan, it is a summer of construction there at the west wing. we ll be dealing with that for weeks yet. but i want t