Ryuu96 said:
Considering your posts elsewhere, I'm going to assume this is sarcasm, if it is then I'll just say that 1 person was killed by guns in Japan in 2021 compared to 45,034 in America. There was only 9 gun related deaths in 2018 for Japan compared to 39,740 in America. They have a firearm death rate of 0.01 per 100,000. Their strict gun laws are clearly working and one person being killed doesn't change that, even if he is a man of significance. Tetsuya (the murderer) was a member of the Japanese Navy for three years so he no doubt would have received firearm training, he also served as a self defence official and then worked at a manufacturing plant. He also had to literally build his own 'gun' to commit this murder and according to police he used the strongest one he had, he fired two shots and at a relatively close distance, it appears as if the first missed and he got lucky with the 2nd. I've watched the video of the incident and it looks like Shinzo and everyone around him including bodyguards were a bit confused about what just happened after the 1st shot but who can blame them, a gunshot is likely not the first thing to come to mind in a country where gun violence is so extremely rare. |
Bingo.
How many less gun deaths makes it ok? How many less gun deaths make America no longer a target and a gotcha example, like Japan?
The answer is anything more than just 1. Only 1 gun death in America per year won't change the outlook on how horrible America always is.
Which begs the question, if 1 gun death is too much, then no other nation with gun deaths should ever be used as a defense, yet that's the norm.
You also can't help but ask, what's the point in completely banning guns, if they can be 3d printed, or slapped together using a coconut and radio?
Of all the charts and stats I've seen, gun deaths were dropping for quite some time in America before they rose again more recently, yet guns were still being demonized instead a defense being used of less deaths were occurring, so it was acceptable. Odd how that's how it works for other nations though.
How many other countries have more deaths than America in anything besides gun deaths? Do those offset the death count? Do those countries constantly get bombarded with insults, hatred, and some constructive criticism, especially from the media, for not being better?
How long does something have to be gone, or is no longer normal, for people to get complacent to the point where individuals who are to be protected, typically by guns, at all costs, like certain world leaders, before guns can easily be used to kill again anyway? What's the point if people just become lax?
What level of less guns, that's actually achievable, could have saved Abe's life, or anyone else's for that matter? How many gun deaths is acceptable?
