All Hail the Second Amendment

[Surtr]

Some states (and some countries) have success with their gun laws and some don't Surtr.

I've noticed that. You have places like Japan with strict gun laws that have virtually no crime (I've heard many sources state that knives remain a problem--Akihabara massacre is a good example). And in other places like the UK, Australia, and most places in the US, strict gun laws don't work (note that the UK has been found to change murder rates to promote tourism in the past. Also note that the way they record crimes makes it seem like there is even less crime than there is). I think that the adverse effects of gun control tend to outweigh the positive ones. At least in our country. If I was Japanese, I would realize that there would be no reason for my country to change it's current laws. What's always got me is that Japan has little to no black market firearm dealing. I suppose the Yakuza are more honorable than the criminals in other countries.