Interesting information about Japan, who has some of the strictest gun laws in the world and low gun deaths.
Japan boasts a population of more than 127 million people, yet finished 2019 with a gun death rate of only .02 per 100,000 people. One major factor in this success is that Japan has some of the strictest gun control laws in the world. For Japanese citizens to purchase a gun, they must attend an all-day class, pass a written exam, and complete a shooting range test, scoring at least 95% accuracy. Candidates will also receive a mental health evaluation, performed at a hospital, and will have a comprehensive background check done by the government. Only shotguns and rifles can be purchased. The class and exam must be retaken every three years.
The fifty states are separate sovereigns,[1] with their own state constitutions, state governments, and state courts. All states have a legislative branch which enacts state statutes, an executive branch that promulgates state regulations under the statutory authorization, and a judicial branch that applies, interprets, and occasionally overturns both state statutes and regulations, as well as local ordinances. States retain plenary power to make laws covering anything not preempted by the federal Constitution, federal statutes, or international treaties ratified by the federal Senate. Normally, state supreme courts are the final interpreters of state institutions and state law unless their interpretation itself presents a federal issue, in which case a decision may be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court by way of a petition for writ of certiorari.[2] State laws have dramatically diverged in the centuries since independence, to the extent that the United States cannot be regarded as one legal system (as to the majority of types of law traditionally under state control), but instead as 50 separate systems of tort law, family law, property law, contract law, criminal law, and so on.[3]
Perhaps those who envy Japan should go and live there - in a society where the sexes are pretty much self-segregated and the boys are so down-trodden they are largely referred to as âGrass eatersâ -
But my point still stands - Japanese and Western Cultures are so vastly different that nobody in the west would ever willingly become a âKamikaseâ pilot or Commit âHari-kariâ rather than be taken alive for example - social control is very advanced and has been for centuries - and the birth rate is now so low they will be extinct within a couple of generations !
[Edit that in fact exemplifies the burden of my last few posts]
In Australia, possibly 60-70% of weaponâs (Imported or Smuggled) are stopped at the border and never reach the intended purchasers, but a lot still get through.
The main importers of firearms into Australia are Middle Eastern and Motorcycle Gangs. A simple Glock Handgun would sell on the black market for tenâs of thousands of dollars. One of the methods of distribution is at major Fish Fruit Markets⌠Most Fruitererâs are strong in the cash economy and are a great way to launder money and distribute drugs and firearms.
You could count on one hand the amount of Rifle crimes in Australia today⌠Increasingly, cut down (Sawnoff) Shotguns and Handguns due to their easy concealment are more prevalent as security for Gang Members and weapons of choice for assassins and thieves.
You even have to be licenced with a substantial waiting period to purchase an Air Rifle (Pellet Gun) in Australia⌠Even to purchase the Slugs!
The US gun control issue is one subject where we need to hear less from politicians and more from law enforcement, criminologists, psychiatrists and sociologists. At least these professions are focused on pinpointing facts from which to draw out truth.
Politicians are focused on gaining power and then keeping it. No progress is going to be made on this issue by listening to one side of the political barrier and then the other side and deciding which seems more plausible.
The majority of gun crimes occur in the inner city and are gang related. The focus should be on laws that can curb the purchase of illegal guns by criminals, like using sting operations to catch illegal gun dealers, the same way they do with drugs, but, the biggest fear is that they could capture the big guys right here on American soil, where with drugs, the biggest players are from overseas.
With the NRA involved, it is hard to make gun laws in the United States and address gun issues
also we need to bring back law that stop mental people from getting guns, That law was nullified by Trump, of course
It seems there are already enough laws to allow control of illegal firearms and use of firearms in criminality. But I wonder how tough the judicial system in the US really wants to get with their Black and Hispanic communities.
This guy (Oklahoma shooter) probably wouldnât have been flagged for anything when purchasing a gun and rifle. Would an interview with this man have changed anything?
A man who blamed his surgeon for ongoing pain after a recent back surgery bought an AR-style rifle hours before opening fire at a Tulsa medical office, killing the surgeon and three other people before fatally shooting himself, police said Thursday.
Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin says the gunman had recently undergone back surgery and had called a clinic repeatedly complaining of pain.
Franklin says the doctor who performed the surgery, Dr. Preston Phillips, was killed Wednesday, along with another doctor, a receptionist and a patient.
It has to be recognised that all the background and suitability checks in the world wonât prevent someone sane deciding to commit an insane act one day.
That leads to another problem - widespread distrust and contempt for the law. If we allow our politicians to make laws which will not be enforced, this just leads to wider law-breaking. Of course, the politicianâs answer will be that we just need more laws. But of course, putting a label on something does not change how it works.
