Wednesday, July 25, 2012

'Shooting Death' Kabuki

A Land Without Guns: How Japan Has Virtually Eliminated Shooting Deaths [More]

Say, here's an idea: Why not compare and publicize how gun-free Japan does to, say, the NRA, with a population of 4 million of the most heavily-armed citizens on the planet?

But then, that would effectively kill the argument that it's the guns, wouldn't it?
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3 comments:

  1. Frederick H Watkins7/25/2012 10:10 AM

    This brings up an interesting question. Just what are the relevant stats of the 4 million person population that is the NRA membership?

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  2. Mack7/25/2012 4:37 PM

    Yeah, nice try. I believe Don Kates has written before about the per-capita suicide rate in Japan is higher than the U.S.

    See here:

    http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcgvinco.html

    and:

    http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcgvintl.html

    Nice tables!

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  3. Crotalus7/27/2012 12:27 AM

    Japan and the NRA? Naahh. that would ruin the Narrative.

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