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by EiZei 3905 days ago
So you'd rather give up your free time (and freedom at work) rather than risk the incredibly unlikely possibility of being shot by a random stranger?
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You're looking at this from a selfish, individualistic point of view.

I'm looking at society in general - I'm looking at the bigger picture. Japan completely eliminated shooting deaths via guns thanks to their ban on guns (source:http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/07/a-l...). They also have the lowest crime rate in the world. Orders of magnitude less than America's. In a way, it really is a utopia compared to what we're living in.

Would I trade some free time and a little freedom at work (both of which, are being addressed by Japanese companies and are "fixable" so they may only be a temporary problem) in order to save thousands of lives every single year, reduce the crime rate an order of magnitude, and make our country objectively safer and nicer? And also raise our quality of life (Japan is ranked higher on the "where-to-be-born" index) Why yes, yes I most certainly would.

And now look at Germany – we got the same results at Japan, but even improved life in every aspect for the average citizen compared to the US.