Photo 24 Jul 2,971 notes theatlantic: A Land Without Guns: How Japan Has Virtually Eliminated Shooting Deaths In 2008, the U.S. had over 12 thousandfirearm-related homicides. All of Japan experienced only 11, fewer than were killed at the Aurora shooting alone. And that was a big year: 2006 saw an astounding two, and when that number jumped to 22 in 2007, it became a national scandal. For each non-suicide, gun-related death in Japan, there are over 50 Americans killed by accidental discharge of a firearm.  Read more. [Image: Reuters]

theatlantic:

A Land Without Guns: How Japan Has Virtually Eliminated Shooting Deaths

In 2008, the U.S. had over 12 thousandfirearm-related homicides. All of Japan experienced only 11, fewer than were killed at the Aurora shooting alone. And that was a big year: 2006 saw an astounding two, and when that number jumped to 22 in 2007, it became a national scandal. For each non-suicide, gun-related death in Japan, there are over 50 Americans killed by accidental discharge of a firearm. 

Read more. [Image: Reuters]

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    ^ This. I really don’t understand how some people don’t understand that.
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    well, japan has a kind of ridiculous suicide rate (but then so do we, to a somewhat lesser degree) so that’s something...
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    Japan is too impressive
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    This post is wonderful.
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    Julian was talking about this last werk
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    yeah that’s true

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