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Japan’s Gun Laws Worked So Well They Need to Ban Crossbows
DON’T CROSS ME
After a series of grisly crimes involving “bow guns,” Japan is cutting the strings on the deadly weapons.
Jake Adelstein
Published
Mar. 4 2021
5:02AM EST
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