• tiredofsametab@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    Japan does. See the swords and firearms act. Is it perfect? Absolutely not. Do I think some of it is dumb? Yep. Does it give a framework for handling people carrying types and/or lengths of blades in a way that punishes them more harshly and discourages people? It sure seems like it.

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      2 months ago

      Yup. Japan has a knife homicide rates pretty much as low as the UK and Monaco. Clearly they’re doing something right.

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      2 months ago

      The framework already exists in Germany and it won’t discourage terrorists, thats the fucking point. This was a terrorist attack. Japan doesn’t have this terrorism threat, they have homicidal people and insane people, thats something different and our police already has more than enough rights to handle these situations. The knife the attacker used was also illigal anyway, did it stop them? Doesn’t seem like it.