I'm also not one to make random comments just to get to 50. I will only make a comment if I have something worthwhile to say, hence the lack of 50 comments in almost 2 years.
That's what a little thing we like to call a throw away gun is for...Along with castle domain. Which states that anyone that comes into your work place and attempts to rob it can be shot on site!
This is why I have a S&W 637 Airweight with Crimson Trace laser grips in my desk drawer. Not my gun but a pic of one identical to it. http://flickr.com/photos/confederateyankee/2536144504/
Can you not even have a knife on your person in Japan?...Didn't know that. I personally have whats called a carry conceal license. I carry a sub compact Beretta 9000S as my side arm. I'm able to carry this so long as it is not in view of the public...