In this article I learned that Japan has and has always seemed to have a very low murder rate. “In 2008, the U.S. had over 12 thousand firearm-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.” Many think the reason behind the death rate being so low is because of their gun policies. This makes since in a way if there aren’t many people with fire arms in their houses then it’s harder to kill someone. However many others would contribute japans low murder rates to “cultural” aspects. The author speaks of making America “more Japanese” in an attempt to lower the death rate by doing things like “ending immigration and multiculturalism and there is little doubt, statistically, that this would do far more to lower our homicide rate, than banning guns.”
I definitely think that in order to lower America’s murder rate we are going to have to do much more than to get rid of guns. One because change doesn’t happen like that rapidly it’s gradual. Japan has “gradually” become a place with low murder rates because of the course of time their culture has driven them to be a less violent race. I think that is the key to the goal for America, the reason why we have a higher murder rate than many other places is because we have “gradually” become a more violent race of people.
3/8/2013 4:00 pm
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