OzOne wrote in message ...
On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:43:02 GMT, "Maxprop"
scribbled thusly:



So you think that all other murders couls push Japan up from the
bottom of the list to the US's unenviable position at the top?
I sincerely doubt that.

Of course not. But we're not comparing equal demographics here. Japan is
a
tiny country, albeit heavily populated, but nowhere near the landmass or
huge concentration of people found in the USA. Apples/oranges.

Max

Have you been to Japan?

Three times over the past 25 years.

Population density in cities is far beyond anything you have , a
recipe for social turmoil but it just doesn't happen.

Having far more land than the Japanese islands, we certainly don't
experience the population density seen in places such as Hokkaido, Tokyo,
and a few other cities. But sheer numbers don't lie. When you're dealing
with a population of 3 billion vs. 128 million, the statistical probability
of such things as shootings increases by at least a factor of nearly 24x.
And that's before taking societal or cultural factors into account.

The feasibility of disarming 128 million citizens is radically different
than doing so with 3 billion folks. That said, people still get shot and
killed by gun-wielding wackos in Japan.

Max