I'm impressed with your conversational skills. 💪🏻 Everyone speaks with you comfortably. You may give Takashii a run for his money. Thank you and keep it up!
I hope that this "anti-gun" law in Japan never changes, as I think it is very dangerous for citizens of a country to have "easy" access to firearms, and the United States is the best example of how dangerous this is. , due to the large number of shootings in schools there, as well as other places with large concentrations of people, such as shopping malls or restaurants, for example.
Many many more kids die in swimming pools. Since they are more dangerous should they be banned? Should parents be charged with manslaughter knowing pools are more dangerous and leaving their kids unsupervised?
I bet if Miyamoto Musashi was suddenly reincarnated into this world with all his memories and personality intact that he would want to move to America and train with all the various firearms rather than stay in modern day Japan.
Even in ancient Japan, the government banned civilians from owning Katanas. It was possible because of an authoritarian political system in the era. This is impossible in America, a democratic society. This means that if any democratic country were to allow civilians to own guns, it would be trapped in a gun society forever.
Not a valid question in a Government like Japan. Most citizens of Japan especially the females don't know or understand just how repressive their government is or can be. Which is kinda weird to me because women are one of the most oppressed groups of people in Japan. But let me explain, in Japan most people think of Japan as a very safe country with hardly any crime. And when you look at the statistics of Japans police force and legal system It seems to be the case because Prosecutors in Japan enjoy a 99% conviction rate for almost all crimes once they are charged. So there are two aspects to this, the first is who is likely to be charged, their is a great deal of corruption in regards to who might be charged with a crime. Most are either foreigners or females or Yakuza. Other criminal gangs can also be charged but are quite often released without being charged due most likely to nepotism in the ranks of the Justice department or possibly graft and corruption. But that is only one aspect of their system, the other is far more heinous and has caused Japans entire legal system to be source of continued consternation by Human Rights watch organization. You see in Japan they don't have what we in America enjoy which is a right called Habeas Corpus. What it means is that their is a limit to how long you may be imprisoned without being charged with a crime. In Japan it is perfectly legal for the police to imprison a suspect and keep them in prison until they admit or confess to the crime they are accused of committing. So most people end up confessing even if they don't commit the crime in order to get charged with a crime that they can then stand trial for. which of course they will lose the trial after having confessed to the crime. In the U.S. no such system could stand for long because the people would rebel, and that is why they need the rights to own guns. Also pay particular note that historically every country where gun ownership has been taken away has devolved into totalitarian or dictatorships ! In the US it is said that we have free speech first because that was the first right guaranteed under our constitution. The Second right that is guaranteed is the right to bear arms that is to own and carry guns. It is said that was the second right included in the constitution because it guarantees the first right of free speech!
A couple of pointers here: What’s dangerous isn’t the gun, but the people who use it. In some scenarios, a knife is actually scarier (and Japanese people sure know how to make good knives). Historically, Japanese people never really had to use a gun for their own safety since the culture itself is more of a collectivist mindset. Just imagine living on an island where you already have some of the deadliest natural disasters (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis), and on top of that, you’d add gunslinging like in the Wild West? Unlivable. Owning a gun in Japan kind of goes against this collectivist mentality, since the very act of owning a firearm is to protect your sovereignty and your safety, which Japanese people delegated to their government through the years (I’d say since the Edo Period and before). Additionally, owning a gun also raises the chances of committing suicide, a difficult topic in Japan, mainly because of its work culture and crushing hours. The only time I see owning a gun in Japan as justifiable would be: If you live in a remote area where dangerous creatures live nearby for hunting purposes or self-defense (bears, etc.). If the Japanese government starts making decisions that could hurt the Japanese citizens by triggering an unwanted war with its neighbors or installing policies that could drastically impinge on the sovereignty of its people. For the self-defense scenario, you have plenty of non-lethal methods to deescalate a “micro-hostile” situation (only a few people involved). Martial arts should be a big one All in all, I´m pro gun, but thats just because of the way i´ve been raised and the values I´ve incorporated during my journey on this earth, where i see strength in numbers but where i dont need to rely on it to live a peaceful life Sorry for the long post, it just seems a fitting topic with all the geopolitical tension that surrounds Japan lately ... Peace and love
That’s what people don’t get. Japan isn’t a gun free society because of reactionary measures to a single incident. They’ve just been that way since the Edo Period when ordinary people couldn’t own swords.
@@lewisdogdson416 Ordinary people didn't walk around with guns in the US either. The US was never a wild west movie where everyone was travelling around with their guns blasting people left and right. These people did exist but they were the very small minority. Guns weren't even kept in people's homes. They were stored in the towns armories. People walking around with guns in town was seen as dangerous. People couldn't conceal guns either because only criminals did that. The gun culture of the US today is a mythical past manufactured by politicians to get Americans to think a certain way, and it worked because you have liberals and conservatives who believe this myth.
I know you racists don't want to hear this, but white people who live in the same conditions as black people (low income, low wealth, poor public and private services, high unemployment, etc.) tend to have similar crime rates with guns. It's almost like when you push people into the worst conditions of a society, they tend to not have much faith in society's rules that much.
Guns are not dangerous, people are. The only choice you have to make is how you are going to defend yourself on that most dangerous day when somebody tries to kill you. No legal issue of guns including the American model is a pathway to criminality.
I'm impressed with your conversational skills. 💪🏻 Everyone speaks with you comfortably. You may give Takashii a run for his money. Thank you and keep it up!
This is one of the only Japanese channels I watch, you guys are doing an amazing job! 👏
I hope that this "anti-gun" law in Japan never changes, as I think it is very dangerous for citizens of a country to have "easy" access to firearms, and the United States is the best example of how dangerous this is. , due to the large number of shootings in schools there, as well as other places with large concentrations of people, such as shopping malls or restaurants, for example.
Many many more kids die in swimming pools. Since they are more dangerous should they be banned? Should parents be charged with manslaughter knowing pools are more dangerous and leaving their kids unsupervised?
I bet if Miyamoto Musashi was suddenly reincarnated into this world with all his memories and personality intact that he would want to move to America and train with all the various firearms rather than stay in modern day Japan.
I bet he would try to dual wield them
Even in ancient Japan, the government banned civilians from owning Katanas.
It was possible because of an authoritarian political system in the era. This is impossible in America, a democratic society.
This means that if any democratic country were to allow civilians to own guns, it would be trapped in a gun society forever.
깔깔이 입고 있네 귀여워
As we all known Japan is one of the safest countries in the world because she is a gun-limited and non immigrant country
Not a valid question in a Government like Japan. Most citizens of Japan especially the females don't know or understand just how repressive their government is or can be. Which is kinda weird to me because women are one of the most oppressed groups of people in Japan. But let me explain, in Japan most people think of Japan as a very safe country with hardly any crime. And when you look at the statistics of Japans police force and legal system It seems to be the case because Prosecutors in Japan enjoy a 99% conviction rate for almost all crimes once they are charged. So there are two aspects to this, the first is who is likely to be charged, their is a great deal of corruption in regards to who might be charged with a crime. Most are either foreigners or females or Yakuza. Other criminal gangs can also be charged but are quite often released without being charged due most likely to nepotism in the ranks of the Justice department or possibly graft and corruption. But that is only one aspect of their system, the other is far more heinous and has caused Japans entire legal system to be source of continued consternation by Human Rights watch organization. You see in Japan they don't have what we in America enjoy which is a right called Habeas Corpus. What it means is that their is a limit to how long you may be imprisoned without being charged with a crime. In Japan it is perfectly legal for the police to imprison a suspect and keep them in prison until they admit or confess to the crime they are accused of committing. So most people end up confessing even if they don't commit the crime in order to get charged with a crime that they can then stand trial for. which of course they will lose the trial after having confessed to the crime. In the U.S. no such system could stand for long because the people would rebel, and that is why they need the rights to own guns. Also pay particular note that historically every country where gun ownership has been taken away has devolved into totalitarian or dictatorships ! In the US it is said that we have free speech first because that was the first right guaranteed under our constitution. The Second right that is guaranteed is the right to bear arms that is to own and carry guns. It is said that was the second right included in the constitution because it guarantees the first right of free speech!
A couple of pointers here:
What’s dangerous isn’t the gun, but the people who use it. In some scenarios, a knife is actually scarier (and Japanese people sure know how to make good knives).
Historically, Japanese people never really had to use a gun for their own safety since the culture itself is more of a collectivist mindset. Just imagine living on an island where you already have some of the deadliest natural disasters (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis), and on top of that, you’d add gunslinging like in the Wild West? Unlivable.
Owning a gun in Japan kind of goes against this collectivist mentality, since the very act of owning a firearm is to protect your sovereignty and your safety, which Japanese people delegated to their government through the years (I’d say since the Edo Period and before).
Additionally, owning a gun also raises the chances of committing suicide, a difficult topic in Japan, mainly because of its work culture and crushing hours.
The only time I see owning a gun in Japan as justifiable would be:
If you live in a remote area where dangerous creatures live nearby for hunting purposes or self-defense (bears, etc.).
If the Japanese government starts making decisions that could hurt the Japanese citizens by triggering an unwanted war with its neighbors or installing policies that could drastically impinge on the sovereignty of its people.
For the self-defense scenario, you have plenty of non-lethal methods to deescalate a “micro-hostile” situation (only a few people involved). Martial arts should be a big one
All in all, I´m pro gun, but thats just because of the way i´ve been raised and the values I´ve incorporated during my journey on this earth, where i see strength in numbers but where i dont need to rely on it to live a peaceful life
Sorry for the long post, it just seems a fitting topic with all the geopolitical tension that surrounds Japan lately ...
Peace and love
That’s what people don’t get. Japan isn’t a gun free society because of reactionary measures to a single incident. They’ve just been that way since the Edo Period when ordinary people couldn’t own swords.
@@lewisdogdson416 Ordinary people didn't walk around with guns in the US either. The US was never a wild west movie where everyone was travelling around with their guns blasting people left and right. These people did exist but they were the very small minority. Guns weren't even kept in people's homes. They were stored in the towns armories. People walking around with guns in town was seen as dangerous. People couldn't conceal guns either because only criminals did that. The gun culture of the US today is a mythical past manufactured by politicians to get Americans to think a certain way, and it worked because you have liberals and conservatives who believe this myth.
アメリカの犯罪率っていうと銃のせい訳じゃない。むしろ銃持って黒人のせいな
Blatantly racist!
I know you racists don't want to hear this, but white people who live in the same conditions as black people (low income, low wealth, poor public and private services, high unemployment, etc.) tend to have similar crime rates with guns. It's almost like when you push people into the worst conditions of a society, they tend to not have much faith in society's rules that much.
白人の中でもおかしい人沢山居るけどな
Guns are not dangerous, people are. The only choice you have to make is how you are going to defend yourself on that most dangerous day when somebody tries to kill you. No legal issue of guns including the American model is a pathway to criminality.