Gun ownership in Japan www.theatlantic.com

posted by  Yubi | 7 years, 3 months ago in Lifestyle

With statestics of last year's gun crimes and homicides rolling out in many countries, I saw this topic being discussed on a Japanese TV channel. In Japan, gun crime is basically low because guns are difficult to own.

Here is a good article on how difficult it is to own a gun in Japan:

"Almost no one in Japan owns a gun. Most kinds are illegal, with onerous restrictions on buying and maintaining the few that are allowed. Even the country's infamous, mafia-like Yakuza tend to forgo guns; the few exceptions tend to become big national news stories."