Re: We do not have a gun culture problem, we have a culture problem.

With so many mass shootings here in America and abroad, many are quick to say banning of certain firearms is the right way to approach this issue. Though where you find heavy control on firearms you find higher levels of stabbings, death by hammers and clubbings.

Japan , Murder rate 0.3/100k total victims 442.
And this is a country where there is heavy gun control.

I think that the problem is not really with the guns but with the low IQ of the monkeys playing with them.

Ya, but Japan has the 9th highest suicide rate, with the other top 1-9 being societies that highly restrict guns:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology_of_suicide

Serenity NOW, Insanity LATER?

Suicide rates for the US is 12 while Japanese is 24.
Murder rate in Japan is 0.3 while in US is 4.8

And better kill yourself in the basement than going nuts with a gun in a crowd.

So: In USA, 16.8 die from murder and suicide per 100,000
In Japan, 28.8 from murder and suicide per 100,000

I think we're doin' OK statistically.

"And better kill yourself in the basement than going nuts with a gun in a crowd."
I can agree with that.