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Oh and I live in Hong Kong where having a gun will get you a long prison sentence and in China (mainland) a gun will get you the death penalty. I don't know if this is related but Hong Kong has a much lower crime rate per capita. Same with Japan.
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So, you are stating that even with the DP as a consequence for having a firearm, people still use them, correct? So the consequence of the penalty therefore, has nothing to do with the crime, correct? Otherwise, there would be no gun crime at all.
It is the certainty of getting caught in a crime that will discourage the crime, not the penalty.
As for strict gun control in China or Japan, only two groups have guns, police / military and criminals. I feel sorry for the citizens left with no immediate protection for themselves.