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Uzair

(241 posts) Tue May 7, 2013, 10:52 PM May 2013

Gun crime rise alarms Japanese

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7257072.stm

It has one of the lowest crime rates in the world, but figures published recently suggest the number of shootings here rose by a quarter last year, the first rise in five years.

Gangsters were blamed for two-thirds of the attacks but many Japanese are worried that, increasingly, licensed guns are being used for murder too.

In 2006 just two people were killed in gun attacks in Japan. Last year the number jumped to 22.

In comparison, gun crime in the United States has "plunged" over the last 20 years. I think I'm going to join the NRA now. I have seen the error of my ways. USA! USA! USA!