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> They will always be readily available until the end of humanity. The funny thing is, many non-US countries don't have "readily available" guns everywhere you
by zyxley 11y ago
> They will always be readily available until the end of humanity.
The funny thing is, many non-US countries don't have "readily available" guns everywhere you go.
- Animats 11y agoJapan, for one. At the end of WWII, the US Army of Occupation took away all the guns. The Government of Japan never removed restrictions on gun ownership. In 2013, 12 people in Japan were killed by guns.
- hga 11y agoThe laws keeping "civilians" from owning effective personal weapons go back to a minimum of 1588: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_hunt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_hunt I don't think there's any removing of Japanese crime and crime control from the following 2.5 century Tokugawa military dictatorship, which had profound effects in creating modern Japanese society.
- SerLava 11y agoJapan's not the best example to hold up as a success for gun control. The last 70 years have been nice. During the prior 400 years, the various Japanese governments used gun and sword confiscation to enable crimes ranging from brutal to genocidal.
- SerLava 11y agoThey don't have the demand. As I said, taking away guns from people who want guns will just cause them to build their own guns.