During the recent gun crime argument in the wake of the Vegas shooting in the US, someone pointed to Japan as an example of strict gun laws. Japan has more tha

During the recent gun crime argument in the wake of the Vegas shooting in the US, someone pointed to Japan as an example of strict gun laws. Japan has more than double the suicide rate than the UK, and noticeably higher than the US. I wonder if some murders in Japan are written up as suicides in order to close the case quickly? Plus I would would guess Japanese people are more likely to kill themselves than go on a murder spree of family members or coworkers, but that's just based on what I've seen as an outsider.