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Gun control advocates selectively cite foreign nations to argue that gun control can reduce crime.  For example, they cite [[Singapore]] as having gun control and a lower crime rate than the [[United States]].  But has less than 5 million persons and one of the highest literacy and average wealth in the world.  It lacks all the freedoms in the [[United States]] and strictly imposes harsh physical punishment, such as caning and the [[death penalty]], for crimes that are not punished so harshly in the [[United States]].  In addition, the majority religion in Signapore is [[Buddhism]], which strictly prohibits common crimes.
 
Gun control advocates selectively cite foreign nations to argue that gun control can reduce crime.  For example, they cite [[Singapore]] as having gun control and a lower crime rate than the [[United States]].  But has less than 5 million persons and one of the highest literacy and average wealth in the world.  It lacks all the freedoms in the [[United States]] and strictly imposes harsh physical punishment, such as caning and the [[death penalty]], for crimes that are not punished so harshly in the [[United States]].  In addition, the majority religion in Signapore is [[Buddhism]], which strictly prohibits common crimes.
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Gun control supporters also cite [[Japan]], where firearms are illegal and crime rates are relatively low.  But Japan also lacks many freedoms found in the [[United States]] and has strong cultural deterrents to crime.  Moreover, Japan is home to [[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 and which have been mistaken by police for real guns.
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Gun control supporters also cite [[Japan]], where firearms are illegal and crime rates are relatively low.  But [[Japan]] also lacks many freedoms and diversity which exist in the [[United States]], and [[Japan]] has strong cultural deterrents to crime.  Ironically, [[Japan]] is home to [[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 and which have been mistaken by police for real guns.
    
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