Did you know:
"In 2008, the U.S. had 12,000 gun-related murders. Japan had 11. More than double that number were killed in the massacre in Newtown, Connecticut."
CNN's Amanpour looks into what it takes to buy a gun in Japan:
- First, you have to take a class and a written exam.
- Then there's a skill test at a shooting range
- Next is a drug test
- Then a mental evaluation.
- Assuming you pass all those tests, you file with the police, who then run a background check.
WOW!
So Japan had less murders in an entire year than a single, isolated event here in the States?
Pretty drastic.
The more you know....
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