the comparisons between countries are far too simplified on both sides of the argument. The comparison with Japan is almost laughable here. Yes, Japan will always be the safer country, and even if you made guns legal in Japan that would not change that fact. However I really don't understand the case that lifting the gun ban in Japan would be a good thing.
Different countries have different situations, and it's far more complicated than just high/low crime + gun ban/no gun ban. You can't ban guns in the US, it's just impossible. There's no point in even trying to do that. However I don't see any advantage to lifting the gun ban in Japan either, Japan doesn't have the same kind of problem that we have in the US. To take the point further, i would support legalizing drugs in America, at the very least there is no downside in legalizing pot. With that said, I see no reason to legalize drugs in Japan. Japan has very strict drug laws, and they don't have much trouble at all with drug usage. I don't credit that just to the laws, it's largely because of culture, but why would you change that? They don't have the same problems as the US.
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