I mean Japan has ridiculously high suicide rates. Their education systems seem to me to be very oppressive and stressful judging from the number of students committing suicide. Their society has shown the capacity to produce lunatics committed to slaughtering as many innocents as possible before committing hara-kiri. Yet their worst incident is a knifing of 8 pre-school children. Isn't this evidence that gun-control works!? (at least in reducing gun violence). That the pro-gun argument claiming that banning guns means only the criminals will have guns falls flat? The only criminals in Japan that have guns are those that belong to organized crime, not petty criminals robbing convenience stores! And certainly no suicidals going on a killing spree, blaming the world for their woes. If ever they go on a spree, their score is so low it doesn't even attract world attention!
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Guns jam there...due to higher humidity. Thus, any societal comparison is completely invalid. .
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No guns in Japan it is illegal to own a gun that is one reason airsoft is popular there because unlike in American where we can go to the range and squeeze of some rounds they can't.
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Most of the world has a much lower crime rate than America. In Japan, a criminal believes he has a 5% chance of getting away with a crime, VS American criminals believe they have better than 70% chance of getting away with it.
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Have you ever watched anime? Bullets and all sorts of projectiles move in slow motion there. Therefore, there are shootings, but the kids have plenty of time to get out of the way.
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There are virtually no guns in the hands of common people in Japan. Therefore, no chance of gun violence or school shootings. About two-thirds of total 60 or so annual gun related homicides are orgainized crime related. No access to guns, no shootings. However, violence, especially with knives, has increased in the past few years. Gun control works, but that is a small part of the reason for the low homicide rate, others being society related. I live in Japan and have children in school, and I believe if guns were as accessible here as in the States, there would be a significant school shooting problem, but at a lower rate.
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Because Japan is a safe country.
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Basically most (I don't say 100%) gun incidents have been occured by Yakuza or foreign criminals. Ppl don't notice there is gun-control in Japan. Because common ppl don't have a chance to grab a gun. There are no gun shop in Japan, except hunting gun shop. Even cop can not shoot easily in Japan. If the cop shot in the street or residential area, the legality and reasonability of each shooting will be called in question. Gun-control and the incident you posted are different story. By the way, did this kind of news attract your attention? Are you interested in Japan? If not, leave Japan alone. It's their business. I am not interested in your country's (I don't know where though) criminals and gun controle.
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