Gun control in U.S. and the difference in Japan

• What is it?

It seems that gun related crime continued to be common in today's U.S. Even with only last week, there were incidents that police man shot to kill black people happened twice. And gunmen killed five policemen happened afterward, yesterday. The country is notorious where mass shooting in the public space occurred in every several months. This is utterly unimaginable situation in Japan, where policemen so rarely kill people with their gun. In my memory, the last incident of such case happened once in three years ago.

• Why gun related killing happen so often in U.S.

Because possessing gun is much common in United States. It obviously cause the problem so more than occasionally some crazy people randomly shot their guns in public space and policemen need to protect themselves using gun. The president of U.S. is very aware the problem and he seems want to change the situation, but the country was consisted by immigrant people and they had a long history which they didn't have adequate amount of strong law enforcer all around the country so they had to protect themselves from the people usually not able to communicate each other.

• What do you think how to restrict guns in U.S. in better way?

Firstly, they need to eliminate the necessity for possessing gun, to at the least level which usual citizens are expected they don't possess it. The present state that the owner of a stall selling CD possesses a gun because he felt unsecure without it is unusual enough to me, as Japanese citizen. There were several a model cases which successfully reduced its citizen's gun possession rate, such as UK and Australia. Japan was unexpectedly achieved it in the beginning of its feudal era. Incidentally, I happen to know that next country on the list of its people's gun possession rate is North Korea. Perhaps, the strong oppression to its citizen is actually the best way to control guns.

...Ugh, I cannot be awakened anymore. I think this is the most I can prepare to the interview. So I can sleep now. Until tomorrow, then.