Since 9 11. These horrific events have in some ways come to define the United States. Every day in 2014, 92 people were killed with a gun, on average. In total, there were almost 11,000 gun murders, more than 21,000 gun suicides and over 81,000 nonfatal gun injuries that year. Compared to other rich countries, americas gun violence is on another planet. In 2011, the United States had over seven times as many as gun homicides per 100,000 people as did canada. Over 50 times as many as germany and almost 60 times as many as the united kingdom, according to gunpolicy. Org. So can americans learn something from other countries on this crucial issue of keeping its citizens safe . In this hour, were going to travel the world to look for solutions. Gun violence rates in one country are a fraction of americas levels. Well visit another nation where liberals and conservatives reached agreement on gun control and afterwards, shootings plummeted. But first lets visit a country where the people are obsessed with violent video games. Is gun violence a big problem there . Lets find out. In the weeks following the newtown shooting, adam lanza information started to emerge. He played video games in his basement for hours on end, according to reports. With access to a small arsenal, he turned video game fantasies into reality leaving 26 dead at sandy hook. So, in our search for global lessons on guns, we wanted to find a country that could teach us about gaming and gun violence. We decided to visit japan because few nations on earth have more avid gamers than the land of the rising sun. The Japanese Play many of the same violent video games that we do. In 2015, gaming revenue in japan was over 12 billion. Behind only the United States and china. But theres another factor to consider here when it comes to gun violence. Japan has some of the strictest gun laws in the world. The basic premise of those laws, if you want to own a gun, good luck. Japans firearm and swords control law states, no person shall possess a firearm before listing a few narrow exceptions for hunters and other categories. For the brave few still willing to own one, they face a bureaucratic obstacle course. Just ask rick saka, a former u. S. Marine who was living on mt. Fuji when we met him. He told us he was only a handful of gun owners in japan to legally own a gun. Back at his house, he showed us the binders full of paperwork hes had to deal with over the years. They were a bit overwhelming even to explain. What all do you have to do . Its such a initially want to help me . Reporter he took over 20 hours of lectures, a written test, a shooting range class and he passed a criminal background check. A doctor game him a full physical and psychological exam. He also visited the Police Station more than five times where he was interviewed in an interrogation room. Are you having any problems with drugs, alcohol, with relationships, family, work, money. Reporter the police also questioned his family, his coworkers, even his neighbors and, to top it off, he had to give them a detailed map of his home. To produce a floor map of where your firearm will be stored in your home. Its kind of unusual. And photos that actually detail all of the locks that we have to have in there and show that its done properly. Reporter it took saka over a year to get approved. Thats our actual firearms license. Reporter and he must renew his various licenses regularly. The intrusion that occurs with the process regularly would never, ever be tolerated in the u. S. Its a process meant to discourage people from even trying to get a gun. And it works. Japan has fewer guns per person than almost any other country. Less than one firearm per 100 people, according to one estimate. And the countrys gun murder rate is astonishingly. In 2014, this nation of 127 million counted only six gun murders. Thats right. Six. The United States per capita gun homicide rate that year was nearly 700 times that of japan. Japan has so little gun violence. Every time a shot is fired in japan, its national news. One of the guys pulled out a sword and slashed jake was a reporter for japans largest daily newspaper for 12 years. This is the area where they stopped and made them get out and made an arrest. He had an article called tokyo rise and he says it shell dont leads to shots fired. I have not met a cop that has shot his gun in the course of duty. And i know a lot of cops. In fact, guns are so rare and tightly regulated here that even mobsters avoid using guns. Known as the yakuza and recognized for their full body tattoos, japanese organized crime doesnt lack for muscle. They have reportedly had enormous reach in business and politics, once described as the largest equity group in japan by morgan stanley. But many dont like conducting business with a gun. Translator guns are like nuclear weapons. Weapons that the yakuza has but wont use. Reporter a former yakuza boss sat down with us to give us his take on the mobs attitude. He insisted on wearing a mask but showed us his tattoo and a missing finger to prove his identity. Its a trademark. Translator guns are kept in strict organization and so its prohibitive to take the guns out and use it. Reporter thats because punishments for gun infractions are very high in japan, he says. Simply firing a gun can get you life in prison. And if a foot soldier in the mob get caught with a gun, his boss can also be held responsible. So these days, the yakuza conduct business using less efficient methods. Translator there arent specific orders on what he weapons we should use but obviously theres only Japanese Knives or swords to use. If you make strict gun control laws and you assign cops to enforce those laws and you actually enforce them, the rate of gun deaths in the United States would plummet. But you have to do it. Reporter so despite lots of barbaric video games, gun violence barely exists in japan. But the country does seem so different from the United States. Not a lot of gun violence. Find out its secret when we come back. What powers the digital world. Communication. Thats why a cutting Edge University counts on centurylink to keep their global campus connected. And why a Pro Football Team chose us to deliver fiberenabled broadband to more than 65,000 fans. And why a leading car brand counts on us to keep their Dealer Network streamlined and nimble. Businesses count on communication, and communication counts on centurylink. When you think of saving money, what comes to mind . Your next getaway . Connecting with family and friends . A big night out . Or maybe your everyday shopping. Whatever it is, aarp member advantages can help save you time and money along the way. So when you get there, you can enjoy it all the more. For less. Surround yourself with savings at aarpadvantages. Com if theres one country with a love for guns that rivals americas, its the nation best known for its alps. Switzerland. Welcome to switzerlands annual field shooting festival that is said to be the largest shooting competition in the world. Towns and villages across the country test markmanship. Families bring the kids. And after the competition, theres a gigantic party. One festival in the town of salvana was especially boisterous. The winners of each event would cheer loudly and the champion of the prestigious 300meter competition, known to all as the shooting king, was wheeled out triumphantly to the tune of cow bells. Switzerland is, by many measures, a gun lovers pa paradise. The swiss mark third in the world trailing only yemen and, of course, the understand. Ready, fire. Why is Switzerland Armed to the tee . Well thanks to a tradition that dates back to the dawn of the nation. Its Citizens Militia that arms its army. All abled body serve at least 260 days in the militia. They are all trained to shoot and most of them keep their guns at home. Militiamen can hone their skills at their local shooting clubs. It boasts hundreds of thousands of measures offering classes and camaraderie. We do competitions together and we are young people and we are older people. This woman has been shooting for most of her life. On this day at her club, she hits the bulls eye 18 out of 20 times. Not bad for a 70yearold. I was very surprised, yes. I never did it. Even the youngsters here are excellent marksmen. Dave is all of 10 years old. And started training two years ago. His advice for the inexperienced dont fidget while shooting. Gun homicide rates are much lower than the United States. Over 15 times lower in 2013, according to gunpolicy. Org. Supporters of gun rights in america have claimed that the swiss proved one of their main points. Lots of guns does not necessarily mean lots of gun violence. But that is not the whole story here in switzerland. Their interests is that any crazy man should go out and be able to buy a gun at any spot. Dr. Martin kilius is a professor and points out that many swiss gun laws are much stricter than those in america. There are now these far more controls than there used to be in the past. Every one who bias gun must pass a background check. Automatic weapons are banned and gun purchases must be registered with the government. The nra, he says, would not be very happy. Oh, they would say its a communist country, definitely. In the militia, soldiers can take home their weapons but not their ammunition. Ready, fire after a soldier has completed his service, he must now reapply for the right to keep his gun. The truth is, many gun owners attitudes in switzerland are very different from the nra. This pistolpacking 70yearold loves to shoot but shes not interested in looser gun laws like in america. I dont want the people walking in the streets with the guns. Switzerland may look like a gun utopia but combines the ability of firearms with significant gun control. Next, well visit a country where politics about guns was very contentious. But liberals and conservatives there actually reached a political agreement on some farreaching measures. Energy is a complex challenge. People want power. And power plants account for more than a third of energyrelated carbon emissions. The challenge is to capture the emissions before theyre released into the atmosphere. Exxonmobil is a leader in carbon capture. Our team is working to make this technology better, more affordable so it can reduce emissions around the world. Thats what were working on right now. Energy lives here. John fiddler and his wife can relate to the horrors of gun violence all too well in america ze just walked up and stood in front of people and just shot them in the heads. I know what its like to wake up the next day, its your birthday, you wake up alone and theres not anyone else in the house and its not going to change for quite a long time. [ gunfire ] reporter they were forever changed by the worst mass shooting in australias history. On april 28th, 1996, over 30 people were shot dead at a crowded tourist destination. A historic prison in port arthur tazmania. A man arrived at the site, ate lunch, walked into a cafe and pulled a semiautomatic rifle out of his bag. His first shots killed three of their best friends, wally, kevin and kevins brother ray who were gunned down right in front of them. I froze. I couldnt move. I thought, this was the end. He pushed me under the table and i saw the man behind me hasnt got a head and the person on the other side of the table told me to be quiet and we pretended to be dead. Miraculously, the gunman moved on and they moved on with their lives. Outside of the cafe, his wife and daughter had been having a picnic. Nanette flagged down a car to escape but in that car was the gunman himself. Nanette pleaded for her family but the killer shot her and 3yearold madeleine and then chased down the 6yearold and shot her near a tree where she was trying to hide. They said that nanette and the girls are all dead. I really wanted to be with them. At that point in time, i would rather be dead than alive. In all, 35 people were killed before brian was captured by the police. The overwhelming feeling was, this is terrible. We had to do something about it. The Prime Minister had been elected just weeks before the massacre. Other Mass Shootings in australia provoked outrage. But with so many victims from different parts of the country, the port arthur shooting shocked this nation of 18 million to its core. You watch it waste away and i felt that i had to use the authority of my office to change things. A dramatic reduction in the number of automatic and semiautomatic weapons. Howard proposed the toughest laws in history. A ban on auto rifles and pump action shotguns. Mandatory gun registration, requiring a reason for buying the gun and new rules for storing guns. If they pass, they would represent one of the most dramatic changes to a countrys gun laws the world had ever seen. It wasnt going to be easy howard was a conservative and many of his supporters were rural gun owners who were dead said against tighter laws. As he traveled the country to sell the plan, howard met plenty of resistance. There are decisions that are not going to be changed. Wearing a bulletproof vest at one rally. It wasnt all that popular. There was a lot of critical outbursts in the media. But was it the right course overall for australia . Yes, it was. Tim fisher was howards deputy Prime Minister and a somewhat likely ally. A proud gun owner and veteran of the vietnam war. But he supported howards efforts wholeheartedly. Im opposed to the semiautomatics be in the suburbs of australia or anywhere. All of australias territories enacted the law within two years of the shooting. To get rid of all of the newly banned guns, the government sponsored a buyback program, paying everyone to turn in their illegal guns so they could be destroyed. Over 600,000 guns were eliminated, an estimated onefifth of australias civilian firearms. After the new measures were passed, voted out of office but overall the reforms were popular. According to one study, gun suicides fell 65 in the decade that followed. And while the sample size for gun homicides were small, they still fell 59 . Whats more, there hasnt been a single mass shooting since port arthur. Still, since the victims of port arthur, painful memories will never be too far away. One of the thing that befits me the most is we wake up in the morning and theres been shootings overseas, particularly america, and that really does make us take a step back and think. Its almost like, what happens in that event is not far from normal life. Its the canner that is eating away in the United States of america. But its possible to change the way before things are. Australia is an example for those that Political Leadership can make a difference. Up next, in this age of huge advancement, what can technology do to keep us safe . Nces hair is delightfully fragranced with notes of moroccan rose and the freshness of springtime unforgettable, wherever you go the scents you cant forget. From herbal essences, blooming now what comes to mind when you think about healthcare . Understanding your options . 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