Here's an interesting article on the Japanese J frame choice for a service revolver and their gun culture: https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/gu...vice-revolver/
Here's an interesting article on the Japanese J frame choice for a service revolver and their gun culture: https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/gu...vice-revolver/
"So strong is this propensity of mankind, to fall into mutual animosities, that where no substantial occasion presents itself, the most frivolous and fanciful distinctions have been sufficient to kindle their unfriendly passions, and excite their most violent conflicts." - James Madison, Federalist No 10
I dunno about Israel, but I went to Japan for a couple of weeks to do martial arts. 1-3 lessons a day at different Dojos, half a dozen or so different instructors. Sword work, knife work, kunai, grappling, striking.
Not a single liability waiver to sign. Anywhere. Instructors taught at private dojo, public dojo (the Tokyo Budokan was awesome!), and public parks.
It seems, that the Japanese believe that if you are participaing in something, like say, learning fighting styles, that you might get hurt. There is no civil liability if you voluntarily participate in such things. You would be laughed out of court and publicly humiliated if you tried.
So reduced lawsuits based on culture and legal philosophy are a thing.
On a side note: convictions are much easier to get when you are allowed to beat confessions out of people. True story.
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We could also probably point out that when it comes to shooting bad guys to make them stop doing bad guy stuff, the USA has way more actual real world experience- LE, .Mil, Civvie, ect- then pretty much everyone else.
And that codified experience looks nothing like what the fanbois of Shanghai or Israel or anywhere else tend to push.
"You win 100% of the fights you avoid. If you're not there when it happens, you don't lose." - William Aprill
"I've owned a guitar for 31 years and that sure hasn't made me a musician, let alone an expert. It's made me a guy who owns a guitar."- BBI
"You win 100% of the fights you avoid. If you're not there when it happens, you don't lose." - William Aprill
"I've owned a guitar for 31 years and that sure hasn't made me a musician, let alone an expert. It's made me a guy who owns a guitar."- BBI
Anecdotal but I served as an infantryman in both the IDF and US Army. Obviously trained to basic infantryman standard which isn’t anything special. Besides tactics around room clearing I found the two training curriculums to be largely similar. One thing I did note though was the disconnect between what I learned while in the IDF vs what instructors with “IDF” backgrounds taught privately. I’m under the impression now the “Israeli” branded training industry is rampant with frauds.
You see the same thing with Krav Maga as a martial art. No such thing really exists in the IDF. When you do KM training it’s basically a bunch of scenarios designed to increase confidence and aggression. Plus a bunch of PT. I think the days of Israel being the default subject matter experts on anti/counter terrorism passed decades ago and certainly prior to Americas GWOT.
“Archer not arrow. No such thing as a perfect pistol. Until you commit to being a better archer, you’ll keep hunting for a better arrow.”
-JCN
"We are the domestic pets of a human zoo we call civilization."
Laurence Gonzales - "Deep Survival."