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21. Originally, but this is an amendment to the Constitution

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 09:44 PM

Dec 2015

we'd already chosen to secede, we were codifying the rights of the citizens, and the possibility of an invasion (or, more likely, that the government would turn back into an autocracy). The British were apparently a secondary concern, but it made for a pithier comment, I thought.

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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