And thus, your inability to demonstrate the necessary relationship between the gun control laws of those 'other countries' and their lower rates of mass shootings.
I accept your concession.
But I disagree there is any correlation at all "between the gun control laws of those 'other countries' and their lower rates of mass shootings".
The reason most countries have much happier people who commit fewer crimes, is because they have better health care, educational opportunities, job opportunities, housing access, etc. They do not have as many unfair taxes that go to fund illegal foreign wars.
So there is absolutely no functional correlation between restrictive gun laws and gun murders.
The claim other countries have stronger gun control laws is just a myth and wrong.
In almost any other country, almost anyone can easily get and own a gun legally.
The fact you have to register, join a gun club, or have some reasonable need, is irrelevant.
The fact is it is not at all hard to do.
The hardest in the world is Japan, and it is still not that hard.
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These steps include:
- Written test, only offered on certain dates.
- Psychiatric evaulation.
- Drug test.
- Criminal background check.
- Gun skills competency test.
...}
There are over 1 million private guns in Japan.
They can be for security, or just for a collector.