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== Gun control outside the USA ==
 
== Gun control outside the USA ==
 
In [[Singapore]], which has one of the lowest crime rates in the world, the capital punishment is mandatory for "arms trafficking", i.e. owning more than two weapons under the Misuse of Arms Act, and caning is mandatory for any person found in posession of a weapon (not even a firearm).
 
In [[Singapore]], which has one of the lowest crime rates in the world, the capital punishment is mandatory for "arms trafficking", i.e. owning more than two weapons under the Misuse of Arms Act, and caning is mandatory for any person found in posession of a weapon (not even a firearm).
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In [[Japan]], firearms are illegal. Ironically, [[Japan]] is also the home of [[Tokyo Marui]], the world's largest [[airsoft]] gun manufacturer, which designs [[airsoft]] guns that are made to the same scale and with the same materials as the real counterpart. [[Tokyo Marui]] products are so realistic that they are used in many movies as props, and have resulted in many accidental deaths involving police mistaking them for real guns.
    
==Other terms==
 
==Other terms==
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