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guillaumeb

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1. But what if Japan were to be invaded by the Martians?

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Fri Dec 4, 2015, 09:09 PM

Dec 2015

How would they defend themselves?

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This is what you have to do to own a gun in Japan (which has a near 0 gun homicide rate) [View all] Photographer Dec 2015 OP

But what if Japan were to be invaded by the Martians? guillaumeb Dec 2015 #1

Or Godzilla! Photographer Dec 2015 #3

THAT is why Godzilla attacked Japan. guillaumeb Dec 2015 #7

Yes, it was a big-assed gun-free zone Tab Dec 2015 #23

I saw what you did there, and even if true, Volaris Dec 2015 #46

That's funny, because earlier I watched some of the original movie. rusty quoin Dec 2015 #27

Or had to defend themselves from the British? Tab Dec 2015 #5

Were the colonists not British subjects? guillaumeb Dec 2015 #12

Originally, but this is an amendment to the Constitution Tab Dec 2015 #21

Good thing we American's are not obedient Japanese! virginia mountainman Dec 2015 #2

Some might say a much more paranoid and frightened mindset. guillaumeb Dec 2015 #4

Just the ones that feel compelled to control everyone else. N/T beevul Dec 2015 #14

Don't want to control anyone'...drugs, sex habits, books, or food... bullets don't stop at my skin lostnfound Dec 2015 #22

Ignore reality at your own sufference. beevul Dec 2015 #24

You've "suggested education." thucythucy Dec 2015 #25

Yes. Gun safety taught in public schools. N/T beevul Dec 2015 #40

We also have a much more accurate definitions ManiacJoe Dec 2015 #6

With the stacks of kid's bloodied bodies to prove it! Mika Dec 2015 #9

And idiots with CC licenses! Nt Logical Dec 2015 #33

I understand it's very hard to buy a legal gun in Mexico also.. EX500rider Dec 2015 #8

You need to check your data Photographer Dec 2015 #13

Check your own data. beevul Dec 2015 #17

Not, I do not need to check my data. EX500rider Dec 2015 #18

Mexico is something of an anomaly because of the drug war VMA131Marine Dec 2015 #26

And Jamaica which is even worse? EX500rider Dec 2015 #38

OK, look at Brazil, Colombia, or Jamaica Recursion Dec 2015 #45

They'll get theirs when the zombie apocalypse comes. Crunchy Frog Dec 2015 #10

But what about replica fake guns? Huh? alcibiades_mystery Dec 2015 #11

I enjoyed that series. Photographer Dec 2015 #16

What series is that? mwrguy Dec 2015 #19

The Man in the High Castle. It's free for Amazon Prime members, not too much if you're not a member Photographer Dec 2015 #20

A background check is required for all gun sales over the internet. Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #15

Wow. So you can buy guns and have them shipped wherever you want? Photographer Dec 2015 #28

Yep, Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #43

But they have an amazingly high suicide rate nevertheless. aikoaiko Dec 2015 #29

Look at murder rates! Nt Logical Dec 2015 #34

Interestingly, the combined murder/suicide rate for Japan is higher that for the US. aikoaiko Dec 2015 #36

So you think murder and suicide are equal! WTF??? Logical Dec 2015 #37

No. I didn't say that. aikoaiko Dec 2015 #39

Japan has a very different cultural attitude about suicide ThoughtCriminal Dec 2015 #47

Yes, and about murder and gun owernship. aikoaiko Dec 2015 #48

and yet their suicide rate lancer78 Dec 2015 #30

Reading this made me think of places in America where guns are strongly controlled. rusty quoin Dec 2015 #31

+100 n /t Photographer Dec 2015 #32

I've done construction work on several military bases and they have huge safes rusty quoin Dec 2015 #35

A Land Without Guns: How Japan Has Virtually Eliminated Shooting Deaths yuiyoshida Dec 2015 #41

I saw an article a few years ago that had an American living in Japan davidpdx Dec 2015 #42

It's almost as hard to buy a car in Tokyo. hobbit709 Dec 2015 #44