Learned on CNN yesterday, in Japan owning a gun is nearly impossible, but if you jump through plenty of hoops & testing few do.
If you fire a gun you can serve life in prison.
Even the mob in Japan doesn't use guns. If a member does, the Boss can be held accountable.
Can you IMAGINE, a country, Japan, with as few as TWO gun related deaths a YEAR?
I found this article:
A Land Without Guns: How Japan Has Virtually Eliminated Shooting Deaths
MAX FISHERJUL 23 2012, 1:45 PM ET
In part by forbidding almost all forms of firearm ownership, Japan has as few as two gun-related homicides a year.
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/07/a-land-without-guns-how-japan-has-virtually-eliminated-shooting-deaths/260189/