it would curb spur of the moment shootings, and may be accidental, or simple premeditated ones. It would not stop a determined religious or fundamentalist fanatic, as guns can still be acquired even if banned.

Plus, a complete ban on civilians owning guns is very unlikely to ever happen in the USA.

> It would not stop a determined religious or fundamentalist fanatic, as guns can still be acquired even if banned.

That's also the case in every country where guns are illegal and yet in practice it remains a very rare occurrence.

Why do you need to "stop" it? Why not just "lower" it? Like lower it with 90%.

And the fanatic, practice shows that a lot of times they take the easy road by using a knife, axe or bow.

Japan has 9 cases of gun deaths, the US had 35,000. You’d almost think it has an effect.

You are including suicides in the US gun deaths which makes it a bit of weird comparison.

No? I’m including suicides for Japan as well.

I wasn't clear. What I mean, is a huge number of the gun deaths in the US are with guns. Suicide in Japan is usually not with guns.