Gun Control is Essential More than Religion
According to the Embassy of Japan in the United States of America:
The difference in the number of murder cases per 100,000 citizens between Japan and the US is 0.8 to 4.8 as of 2010.
The difference in the number of injury cases between Japan and the US is 20.7 to 252.3.
The difference in the number of robberies between Japan and the US is 3.1 to 119.1.
However, the US with population three times larger than Japan's is a Christian country while Japan is a kind of Buddhist country. For example, a US President always concludes his official message with the word, "God Bless You!," but no Japanese Prime Ministers have ever used such a Christian term in public. And, no one in real thinks about why America is more dangerous than Japan is.
More specifically, the murder rates in countries per 100,000 citizens as of 2017 are as follows:
USA: 5.32
Israel: 1.38
France: 1.27
UK: 1.20
S Korea: 0.59
China: 0.56
Norway: 0.53
Indonesia: 0.43
Qatar: 0.37
Hong Kong: 0.33
Japan: 0.24
So, Japan is safer than the leading Christian country US, the Jewish country Israel, the typical Western European countries, other East Asian countries, Islamic countries, and even well controlled city countries.
It should be noted that Japan had been the world No.2 GDP country in the late 20th century and before 2010 next to the US.
And it is true that possession of guns and other fire arms is almost completely forbidden in Japan. No ordinary households in Japan have guns and other fire arms since the late 16th century when arquebus hackbuts or matchlocks were introduced in Japan by Lusitanians or Portuguese.
However, it is deplorable to see that a mad Japanese uses gasoline as a weapon to revenge himself for any cause no one can understand.
In a non-Christian country, Japan, if guns could be purchased freely by citizens, tens or hundreds of people must be killed every day. So, gun control is essential for peace of lives of people, no matter what religion the society respects.
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