Weapon bans that are unreasonable

Well, yeah. The US is very gun-centric. People in Japan don't really demand access to guns. Their weapons laws reflect that. They do have "mass killings" but on a MUCH smaller scale than the ones we see here because it's so hard to obtain guns over there, even illegally. In Japan, when someone is dead set on killing people, their options are limited. For example, someone went into a school and killed several children but they only had a knife. They couldn't just walk into a library and gun down everyone in sight.

Here's the thing, Germany has some of the harshest gun laws in all of Europe, and well.... https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasneemnashrulla/several-people-injured-shopping-mall-shooting-in-germany?bffbmain&ref=bffbmain&utm_term=.ooX5loVBD#.tavW3lAZn They also had their theater shot up earlier this summer. As for it being difficult to illegal obtain guns in Japan, I'll have to disagree with that. It can be summed up in one word: Yakuza. Guns are extremely illegal in Hong Kong, but the triads outgun our officers in terms of fire power. How did they get them? From polish arms dealers. I'm willing to bet that the yakuza get it the same way. Maybe not polish, but some form of arms dealing

So here's the thing. Having experience and training with a weapon, I do believe there should be some form of control. As of anywhere you can have people illegally obtain a weapon and cause an uproar. Of course that's possible to happen, but on that same note it's possible with almost anything you can possibly imagine. A great example of this is the Prohibition Act of 1920 where the United States had banned alcohol. Did this work? Obviously not. Because like anything else, if someone wants to obtain something, they'll get it one way or another. With this said, does that mean there shouldn't be any regulations on it? OF course not. I don't mind people owning a weapon, but on that same note there should be a background check for previous gun related offenses, mental stability, and financial situations such as outstanding loans. While this won't completely deter people from getting a weapon, it'll obviously decrease the amount of people able to obtain a weapon. Now with the whole concealed carry I do support in some ways and disagree with other parts of it. If you properly mount a concealed carry it doesn't take that long to upholster and to engage. But most people don't train on this very often, let alone are in situations where they will be needing to use it. Most train on it every few years and are done. A vast majority of people don't properly know how to handle a pistol or rifle. Also, it is difficult for civilians in Japan as well in most Europe countries to obtain a weapon as only their SWAT teams and military only use them in most cases. Of course gangs such as the Yakuza will have weapons, but you need to take in to fact that their an underground crime syndicate and don't abide by the same types of laws generally.