However Japan's crime rate is substantially lower overall than the USA's. For whatever that's worth - to me, it's worth a lot actually.
But (as though to contradict myself) when I heard that VA has a liberal gun culture, but VT is a gun-free zone, I immediately found myself wondering how far that psychotic loser would have got if the state-laws instead of campus rules had been in effect. I suspect it would have been... much more brief.
Japan is not a good example as a general rule for gun control comparision because of the vast cultural and legal differences between our two nations. And their low crime rate makes murders like this all the more shocking.
As for how far Cho would have gotten, had some VTech students/teachers been armed, we can perhaps look to the Appalachian School of Law shooting also in Virginia.
From the link; On January 16, 2002, 43-year-old Peter Odighizuwa, a Nigerian former student at the Appalachian School of Law, arrived on the campus. While numerous reports stated that Odighizuwa had flunked out of school or had been suspended, Jeremy Davis, former dean and professor of law at the school, later said that Odighizuwa had withdrawn voluntarily due to poor academic performance
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But (as though to contradict myself) when I heard that VA has a liberal gun culture, but VT is a gun-free zone, I immediately found myself wondering how far that psychotic loser would have got if the state-laws instead of campus rules had been in effect. I suspect it would have been... much more brief.
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As for how far Cho would have gotten, had some VTech students/teachers been armed, we can perhaps look to the Appalachian School of Law shooting also in Virginia.
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On January 16, 2002, 43-year-old Peter Odighizuwa, a Nigerian former student at the Appalachian School of Law, arrived on the campus. While numerous reports stated that Odighizuwa had flunked out of school or had been suspended, Jeremy Davis, former dean and professor of law at the school, later said that Odighizuwa had withdrawn voluntarily due to poor academic performance ( ... )
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