Hunting Season

[dimwit]

Hunting (whoever) season would seem to be in full swing given two separate stories.

From the Mainichi Daily News:

[SIZE="3"]Man shoots hiker he mistakes for wild boar[/SIZE]

A Kanagawa Prefecture man shot a hiker in a suburban Tokyo forest over the weekend after he mistakenly thought he was a wild boar, police said.

The 57-year-old man from Hiratsuka is being questioned over the incident that occurred while he was hunting in the Okutama area of outer Tokyo.

And an unrelated story from the Japan Today:

[SIZE="3"]Hunter accidentally shoots himself, 10-year-old son in Nagano[/SIZE]

NAGANO — A hunter accidentally shot himself and his 10-year-old son on Sunday in Nagano, police said Monday. The two were sent to hospital but their injuries are not life-threatening, they said.

[Behan]

Not being a hunter, I wouldn't know but shouldn't a hunter actually know what (s)he is aiming at before (s)he pulls the trigger?
Right, Cheney-kun?

[Gilligan]

And an unrelated story from the Japan Today:

This one sounds a little fishy to me. How do you accidentally shoot yourself AND your 10-year-old son while hunting?

[ttjereth]

This one sounds a little fishy to me. How do you accidentally shoot yourself AND your 10-year-old son while hunting?

Epilepsy?

[American Oyaji]

I may be going hunting on Saturday

[FG Lurker]

Right, Cheney-kun?

Who said he didn't know where he was aiming? This is Cheney we're speaking about here...

[IkemenTommy]

Since when did guns become legal in Nippon?

[Greji]

Since when did guns become legal in Nippon?

It's only handguns that are illegal. Shotguns and rifles all though heavily licensed have always been legal, at least since the end of the war and Japan's return to independence.

[IkemenTommy]

It's only handguns that are illegal. Shotguns and rifles all though heavily licensed have always been legal, at least since the end of the war and Japan's return to independence.

You rarely hear of any gun-related crimes here. I thought the only things available remotely close to guns were these kinds.

[FG Lurker]

You rarely hear of any gun-related crimes here. I thought the only things available remotely close to guns were these kinds.

Lots of riffles out in the country. Hunting deer is more common than most city dwellers would think.

[dimwit]

Hunting season seems to be gearing up two more people bagged and another one that got away.

Kochi man arrested for fatally shooting neighbor, wounding son
Monday, December 10, 2007 at 07:36 EST

KOCHI — Police on Sunday arrested a 55-year-old man in Tsuno, Kochi Prefecure, for allegedly shooting his neighbor and her son with a shotgun. Police said the neighbor, Masayo Yamamoto, 75, died after being shot in the chest. Her 55-year-year old son, Hitoshi, was also shot and taken to hospital where he remains in a serious condition, police said.

http://www.japantoday.com/jp/news/422705

2-year-old boy dies after hunting rifle discharged at home in Tokyo
Monday, December 10, 2007 at 07:37 EST

TOKYO — A two-year-old boy died Sunday after being shot in the chest by a hunting rifle at his home in Meguro. Police believe the boy might have been accidentally shot by his 5-year-old brother after their father left them alone in a room with four rifles.

http://www.japantoday.com/jp/news/422690