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What country has a “total” ban on firearms?
Total ban for civilians within population centres, where there is nothing to shoot save people, is totally normal everywhere except Burgerland.
I wouldn't go as far as saying a total van is totally normal everywhere else, because I don't know many countries with such a ban. I don't know many other countries with concealed or open carry laws, so that's certainly a difference.
Countries like Switzerland and Germany prove that private gun ownership can go hand in hand with regulation and enforcement, and not cause as many casualties as in the US.
Japan has pretty strict gun control, don't they?
Yes, and as far as I know so do the UK (even air rifles are rather restricted there) and Singapore. There will undoubtedly be others, but I'd be surprised if that's anywhere near a majority (if you consider strict gun laws to be the ones that make it very hard for people to legally own firearms).
There’s definitely many sane countries that have “strict” gun control. But that’s very different to a “total ban”.