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Why Japan has practically no gun violence

Discussion in 'Political Opinions & Beliefs' started by Patricio Da Silva, Dec 23, 2020.

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  1. ButterBalls

    ButterBalls Well-Known Member

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    Ever hear that saying "Go ahead and yell until you're blue in the face"? It applies to both sides in this case ;)
     
    ButterBalls, Dec 23, 2020
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    We have WAR ZONE deaths from guns and woundings from guns EVETY DAY of the year in the GOOD OLD USA. And we have had them for most if not all of my 80 year life.
     
    61falcon, Dec 23, 2020
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    kriman Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I never said it was. The OP was about how Japan has fewer gun deaths. As if we could some how get there. I was pointing out that it is useless to compare us to Japan because we cannot do what Japan has done.
     
    kriman, Dec 23, 2020
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    Sanskrit Well-Known Member

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    Is thread some kind of racist dog whistle? Hmm.
     
    Sanskrit, Dec 23, 2020
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  5. kriman

    kriman Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I have never heard a shot fired in anger in this USA. Most people have not. Hardly a war zone.
     
    kriman, Dec 23, 2020
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    Lucifer Well-Known Member

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    And yet, you aren't providing any solutions either. Throwing your hands up and giving up is not a strategy.
     
    Lucifer, Dec 23, 2020
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    Lucifer Well-Known Member

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    How could you? You already said you live in the country, aka rural America.
     
    Lucifer, Dec 23, 2020
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    557 Well-Known Member

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    It isn’t the biggest issue now because there are other sources of firearms. I don’t have much interest in printing a plastic gun (metal printing will be viable soon also) or hand building a steel gun today because I can buy what I need. If I could no longer buy what I need, I would buy a printer and start experimenting.

    Interestingly, here are two incidences of what I’m talking about—in places where firearms are restricted.

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11...ophisticated-gun-manufacting-workshop/8051244

    https://www.news.com.au/technology/...s/news-story/c2fa2711ebf7b761e3e2f0802a80d1b2

     
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  9. kriman

    kriman Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I did not realize war zones picked and chose where the shooting took place.
     
    kriman, Dec 23, 2020
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    kriman Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I was not trying to come up with a solution. I am confident that cutting back law enforcement will not work.
     
    kriman, Dec 23, 2020
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    Lucifer Well-Known Member

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    I see you're going back to your script.
     
    Lucifer, Dec 23, 2020
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    What is your proposed solution?
     
    Doofenshmirtz, Dec 23, 2020
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    Cybred Well-Known Member

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    Yes there is, you take them.
     
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    kriman Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    What script? My point was that we cannot get to where Japan is and it is therefore useless to compare the two.
    I have no idea what that is supposed to mean.
     
    kriman, Dec 23, 2020
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    People say gun control won't work because criminals won't give up their guns, so you take them.
     
    Cybred, Dec 23, 2020
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    kriman Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Were you planning on making no notice raids on every house in the US to find them?
     
    kriman, Dec 23, 2020
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    How do you take guns from criminals?
     
    ECA, Dec 23, 2020
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    Okay, I'll leave right now. Where are they?
     
    Doofenshmirtz, Dec 23, 2020
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    I'll watch this video, but ill bet it doesn't touch on cultural differences at all.

    I.e., liberals would lose their ****ing minds with the way the Japanese culture demands personal responsibility.
     
    jcarlilesiu, Dec 23, 2020
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    jcarlilesiu Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    The US has a culture war problem, that is primarily responsible for most of the other issues.

    But liberals will never admit that.
     
    jcarlilesiu, Dec 23, 2020
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    You go and take them.
     
    Cybred, Dec 23, 2020
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    Cybred Well-Known Member

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    Nope.
     
    Cybred, Dec 23, 2020
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  23. Patricio Da Silva

    Patricio Da Silva Well-Known Member Donor

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    Decades is a lot sooner than never, and in my view the Japanese solution proves it can be done, and they are wiser than America.
     
    Patricio Da Silva, Dec 23, 2020
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    Then how are you going to find them to take them? Not to mention the fact that their guns could be anywhere. Not necessarily in the house.
     
    kriman, Dec 23, 2020
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    How do I protect myself during those decades?
     
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