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Old 03-28-2007, 07:11 PM   #10 (permalink)
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"Notably, Japan, which prohibits handguns and rifles entirely, and regulates long guns very severely, has a suicide rate of more than twice the U.S. level."
That’s because Japanese believe that suicide is honorable. If a student doesn’t make it into Tokyo University it is not look down on if he/she were to commit suicide. To them that is the only way to regain there honor. I only know this b/c I took an Asian humanity class.



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"Japan, where very few people own guns, averages 124 gun-related attacks a year, and less than 1 percent end in death." "Japan had the lowest rate, at 0.05 gun deaths per 100000 (1 per 2 million people)."
Is there a way that you can find how many deaths that would equal in one year.
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