In response to the question on how many mass killings with guns there have been in Japan recently.
There were 8 children killed with a knife and some 20 wounded just a year or two ago, in Japan.
And
to the point, Japan was a fascist, totalitarian state for most of its
history. Non-Samurai were banned under penalty of death from owning
“state of the art” weaponry.
Freedom and guns are inextricably related. They cannot be separated.
And
in point of fact, there are MANY countries where guns are illegal and
gun crime is common. Jamaica and Mexico are two obvious examples. You
can’t get “guns off the street”. They can be smuggled. This means only
criminals have them.
The democratization of gun ownership is foundational, elemental to democracy outright.