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@James85fletcher @MrAhmednurAli Dom TRY to keep up

THAT's the POINT

It's not clear at all when you look at one individual country like Japan

Although if you're capable of critical thinking you can glean some information even from that if you do your own research

For example even...
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@James85fletcher @MrAhmednurAli For example even though Japan has the tightest gun laws they have the highest suicide rates

Which shoots down the gun-ban argument that cutting legal gun ownership will reduce suicides

But like the US that's a single data point & proves nothing...

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@James85fletcher @MrAhmednurAli If things were so simple the gun-banners wouldn't find it so easy to blind the public with "science" & lies damned lies & statistics

For example Protestant cultures have higher suicide rates than Catholic

Gloomy Nordics higher than sunny Mediterranean...
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@James85fletcher @MrAhmednurAli It's very hard to allow for all the cultural factors never mind basis on stats collated

eg Deaths of "children" might be under 10 16 18 21

Or might be split young/old=under/over 30!

Clearly Japan's suicide stats culture dependent

As are crime levels...
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@James85fletcher @MrAhmednurAli Clearly Japan's gun & crime levels also policing dependent

Their police can not just stop & search at random for no reason but can enter & search homes & businesses ditto

Question you on relatives friends associates work colleagues

Search their homes...
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@James85fletcher @MrAhmednurAli And if you're charged with anything in Japan you're almost certainly going down!

So the general public aren't going to have a gun period

But that's not the reason for the low crime rate or low gun deaths

So it's not "proof" gun controls work

Need to...
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@James85fletcher @MrAhmednurAli Japan is not "proof" gun controls work

It's an anomaly

Like the USA

You need to look at the big picture

Not compare the US or Japan with the rest of the (other SIX) G7 or G20

Or other cherry-picked "examples"

But you didn't bother to look at my info!
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@James85fletcher @MrAhmednurAli If you look at the big picture countries with lots of legal guns (issued to forces as well as owned) have lower levels of gun DEATHS

They're all in the safest half of the table

Even US

And vice versa

And despite US having a violent culture...
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@James85fletcher @MrAhmednurAli And despite US having a violent culture & the highest legal gun ownership it's nowhere near having the highest gun murders never mind gun deaths

Highest I've seen it for gun murders is 6th 10th 20th.. even 37th once depending on year survey & definition..
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@James85fletcher @MrAhmednurAli Isn't it strange "liberals" want gun bans at home especially of CIVILIAN NON-auto "#AssaultWEAPONS" but cheer Zelensky arming civilians with REAL MILITARY FULL-auto "#AssaultRIFLES"!😲

And even #Stingers & #Javelins!😱🤦‍♂️

I've repeatedly explained gun...
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@James85fletcher @MrAhmednurAli I've repeatedly explained #GunBans at best don't appear to help

At worst INCREASE #GunCrime #GunMurder murder crime in general

And #MassSchoolShootings didn't happen when even #MACHINEguns freely available

Didn't start until bans on ordinary firearms!😱
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@James85fletcher @MrAhmednurAli So why do people like you want to INCREASE #GunDeaths

And distract & deflect from the real causes of things like #MassSchoolShootings?!

Why do you hate kids so much!!!

(Oh & arson has been covered in a number of the Tweets & attachments!)

#GunControls

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