Well, japanese peasants and samurai did have a history of being disarmed regularly by ruling shogun, whereas US is quite proud of their history of possessing ar

Well, japanese peasants and samurai did have a history of being disarmed regularly by ruling shogun, whereas US is quite proud of their history of possessing arms. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_hunt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword_hunt