John Lott's Website: Gun ownership in Japan

12/29/2012

Despite the popular conception, guns are not entirely banned in Japan.

Chas said...: The Wikipedia article on the Yakuza is interesting.
The Japanese organized crime gangs have all the guns they want, while law-abiding Japanese citizens have been disarmed. The result is that the corruption of organized crime pervades the entire country, and to the point that even the Japanese government is powerless to move against it. Of course, the defenseless citizens are utterly at the mercy of the numerous organized crime gangs. Not unlike Chicago and D.C.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakuza; 12/30/2012 7:18 AM
Martin G. Schalz said...: Chas is correct. In this case, the "losers" do have all the guns and everyone else does not.; 1/02/2013 11:26 AM

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