John Kerry Says Guns Are Deterring Foreign Students From Coming to the US
Says Japan, which has strict gun control, is safer
Secretary of State John Kerry tells CNN that foreign students are "scared" of guns in America:
"We had an interesting discussion about why fewer students are coming to, particularly from Japan, to study in the United States, and one of the responses I got from our officials from conversations with parents here is that they're actually scared. They think they're not safe in the United States and so they don't come," Kerry tells CNN.
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Fine with me. If you're afraid of coming to America because you are afraid of guns, please stay home.
Guns are SCARY!!!l1111!!!1
I say stay in Japan then
Shouldn't the SoS know that we haven't exactly eased visa requirements in the last 12 years?
And as a US traveler who hasn't been to Japan yet, how do I know the safe neighborhoods from the ones controlled by the Yakuza?
Why are you asking questions. Just shut up and BE SCARED!!!
What a lying sack of shit.
Right? It sounds like he totally made that up!
The key word here being "says." Produce the data or shut the @#$% up Mr. Secretary. I don't much care even if they aren't coming. What I want to see is data on immigrant citizens who own guns and like their new rights.
Well I'm scared of ninjas, but I still went to Japan.
Which foreign students? The ones you refuse to give green cards to so they can stay in the US after graduating?