nation are quite stable and powerful. We are considered by far the most powerful nation in the world, with the most extensive nuclear arms capabilities. I think the best conclusion is in suggesting that we look to other countries around us with lower homicide and violence rates. These countries can provide a resourceful model for us. And we need to ask ourselves, what is different about these places and people? How do they compare to our culture and how can we decrease our violence and increase our peace? The places we should look at with low gun-murder rates are Australia – 13; Great Britain – 33; Sweden – 36; Japan – 60; Switzerland – 97; Canada 129, compared to the U.S.’s over 13,200 murders (these figures are from 1992). As a simple personal opinion toward a solution, “Why not try martial arts if you want to learn to protect and defend yourself constructively?” Maybe China and Japan have lower rates of homicide and violence because they institute marital arts practice into daily disciplinary regime in both school and work throughout all ages of life. They even have a much higher population density per square mile than the U.S. does. There’s my two cents for support of a short-term goal of gun control and regulation, and a long-term goal of firearm elimination. Firearms are not our answer....
