I saw this article not too long ago…
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200907020073.html
The Japanese police swept in to arrest a person who held a rifle on television. They didn’t load, aim, or fire the gun they simply held it.
Shiga prefectural police regard the incident, in which a hunter with a gun permit allowed TV personality Noburo Harada, 57, to momentarily handle the rifle during the show, as a serious breach of a law concerning the storage and management of firearms.
So much so, in fact, that on June 12, the prefectural police referred the case to prosecutors. As a result, the hunter, aged 49, along with a 60-year-old TV producer and a 37-year-old director of the show, could face charges of violating the swords and firearms control law.
Cripes!