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The question is somewhat misleading. Someone from Germany, Canada or Japan would potentially argue their societies are less violent because of restricted access to weapons, when in fact the real difference is that more equitable societies are less violent period. The similarity in social violence between Japan (restricted) and Switzerland (heavily armed) is mostly economic.
Consider Australia's recent twelvemonth aniversary of their population being "disarmed". Well, at the least, the law-keeping portion is disarmed. Didn't put up a fuss. Now the incidence of violent crimes against persons has gone through the roof, and of breakins to occupied dwellings have increased three hundred percent in Queensland..... of course, the wonk pols are scratching their polls on it all. "Well, I can't quite work it out, we've disarmed the public". How now, kind sir, you've NOT diarmed the lot of them, only those sufficiently meek to have surrendered their weapons when politely asked to do. Those who scorned the law did not, and they are the ones perpetrating the crimes now, against a presumably unarmed populace. And, in regards housebreakings, in the present situation the typical homekeeper will have been polite and legal and all, and surrendered his bedside barker.. thus, the risk to life and limb to the breaker is reduced to near nought. Thus the rapid increase in such crimes. The Aussies got it wrong, they've taken to being overly like the several millions of sheep they keep. Leaders say "left", and left it is. Leaders say "halt", and halt it is. Even the stockmen in the outback turned in their sideguns and rifles, now the dingoes are feasting on their stock and nought to do against it. Lamenting, they are, but too late. A massive uprising might be in the making, to return the right to keep and bear arms to Australians. The law abiding sorts, at any rate. The government spent a half billion of AUS$ to carry out the disarmament. Now, barely one year on, they're putting the possibility they've missed the mark. I do hope we take our cues from this sorry lot.