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In reply to the discussion: Even gangsters live in fear of Japan’s gun laws by Jake Adelstein [View all]no_hypocrisy
(46,095 posts)Only military, police and Jaegers (hunters)* can possess firearms and those weapons must be registered. You can be imprisoned if you are caught even holding a firearm without a special license. And in Germany, you don't get to plea bargain or find an exception to the law. It's black-and-white: either you followed the law or you broke it.
* German "hunters" have to go through a rigorous training period, have to pass special shooting tests, have to be recommended by local law enforcement, and have to know an array of knowledge such as the life cycle of several animals, how to humanely shoot and kill animals, etc. There is no such thing as week-end warriors for German hunters where you just go out hunting for fun. It's serious business. And the local police call on Jaegers for assignments such as thinning out deer herds or removing dangerous wild boar from properties.