Japan has one of the lowest rates of gun crime in the world. In 2014 there were just six gun deaths, compared to 33,599 in the US.
What is the secret?
The secret is found in this lovely little video. The US of A can become a greater, safer nation if we take a look at other countries. They allow guns, but they don’t let people who are not qualified have them.
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2 responses to “Why Does Japan Have NO Mass Shootings?”
I was reading recently about the process that gun ownership requires in Japan and it just made common sense to me.
I think another thing plays an important part in Japan associated with this issue. Earned respect is a very important part of the Japanese culture. They were pretty well feudal until WW2, which may have contributed to the importance associated with earning, versus feeling self-entitled. They are expected to earn their respect and you have to earn the right to own a gun. It’s part of the way just about everything is founded upon. In the States, you don’t earn that right. You are given it. It’s an entire reversal of the dynamic.
A central focus of receiving respect in the States is your financial status. People are reminded all the time about how net worth is the defining parameter. Sports pages are about financial contracts, industry giants (Buffet, Gates, Jobs…) are/were measured by $. Almost every crime is about following the money. There has to be a connection.
Their low gun-death rate is offset by giant monsters.
Yin & Yang
……and besides freedom loving A-mericans stopped selling mail order rifles in comic book ads, so there’s been progress?