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Re:As crime dries up, Japan’s police hunt for things to do (... by d0100 on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @10:14AM (#20574574)
> Stricter gun laws.

In a country of literal ninjas and samurais, this is the most inconsequential of all the reasons you gave.

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Re:As crime dries up, Japan’s police hunt for things to do (... by nostalgk on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @10:21AM (#20574622)
Pretty sure the average citizen doesn't carry the Daishō any longer these days. Unless they're all actually ninjas with concealed weapons.
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Re:As crime dries up, Japan’s police hunt for things to do (... by tyrust on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @10:27AM (#20574657)
I assume you're joking, but this is sorta racist and also dismissive of the value of stricter gun regulations.
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Re:As crime dries up, Japan’s police hunt for things to do (... by albatruss on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @03:28PM (#20577418)
The value of stricter gun regulations is actually minimal - we already have the effective ones in place. Take a look at the studies for yourself, e.g.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309755075_Does_Gun_...

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Re:As crime dries up, Japan’s police hunt for things to do (... by tyrust on Wednesday July 31, 2019 @04:02PM (#20577868)
Sorry I don't really have time to get into this.

I looked very briefly at that study. It compares US cities to other US cities using data from 1990. I would be more interested in how the US stacks up against other countries that don't have to act within the limitations of the Second Amendment. More recent data would probably be valuable as well.

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Re:As crime dries up, Japan’s police hunt for things to do (... by d0100 on Thursday August 01, 2019 @06:13AM (#20582528)
It is dismissive of stricter gun regulations, but not at all racist. Take off your racist-colored glasses and just look at history.
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Re:As crime dries up, Japan’s police hunt for things to do (... by tyrust on Thursday August 01, 2019 @06:06PM (#20588826)
It is racist. It is making generalizations of people in an entire country based on old history. It would be like calling the US a country of literal cowboys.
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