Interesting article re: guns....A Land Without Guns: How Japan Has Virtually Eliminated Shooting Deaths - The Atlantic http://t.co/RIwEqzIW
December 17, 2012
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A Land Without Guns: How Japan Has Virtually Eliminated Shooting Deaths
In part by forbidding almost all forms of firearm ownership, Japan has as few as two gun-related homicides a year. I've heard it said that, if you take a walk around Waikiki, it's only a matter of time until someone hands you a flyer of scantily clad women clutching handguns, overlaid with English and maybe Japanese text advertising one of the many local shooting ranges.

