You&#x27;re looking at this from a selfish, individualistic point of view.<p>I&#x27;m looking at society in general - I&#x27;m looking at the bigger picture. Japan completely eliminated shooting deaths via guns thanks to their ban on guns (source:<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&#x2F;international&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2012&#x2F;07&#x2F;a-land-without-guns-how-japan-has-virtually-eliminated-shooting-deaths&#x2F;260189&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&#x2F;international&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2012&#x2F;07&#x2F;a-l...</a>). They also have the lowest crime rate in the world. Orders of magnitude less than America&#x27;s. In a way, it really is a utopia compared to what we&#x27;re living in.<p>Would I trade some free time and a little freedom at work (both of which, are being addressed by Japanese companies and are &quot;fixable&quot; so they may only be a temporary problem) in order to save thousands of lives <i>every single year</i>, reduce the crime rate an order of magnitude, and make our country objectively safer and nicer? And also raise our quality of life (Japan is ranked higher on the &quot;where-to-be-born&quot; index) Why yes, yes I most certainly would.