“In fact, as discussed in more detail in the next chapter, after the UK’s 1997 nationwide handgun ban, their homicide rate actually… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“Democrats keep telling people that they don’t want to confiscate their guns. At the same time, they praise laws in countries that… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
Embarrassingly for Obama, it appeared that his administration had jumped the gun on banning the bullets. — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“Economists overwhelmingly believe that gun ownership does not increase the risk of suicide, whereas criminologists are very equally divided. Both economists and… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“The reason there are so few attacks that use out-of-state guns is that in both cases these individuals could have passed background… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“2.Stop only prohibited people from buying guns. The background check system is a mess. Virtually everyone who fails the check is someone… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“Democrats are unwilling to admit that their gun control regulations are disarming poor Americans. President Obama characterizes Voter ID laws that offer… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“I was at the University of Chicago Law School when Obama was a part-time lecturer. He told me in 1996, “I don’t… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“Even Senator Bernie Sanders recognized the possible consequences of such action. “What you’re really talking about is ending gun manufacturing in America,”… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“Every place that has banned guns (either all guns or all handguns) has seen murder rates go up. You cannot point to… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“An October 2015 Gallup poll found that a 56 to 41 percent margin of Americans believe that increased concealed carry leads to… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“There is a clear consensus among economists about self-defense, gun-free zones, firearms and suicide, and concealed handgun laws. Among North American economists:… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“According to a 2013 survey of PoliceOne’s 450,000 members (380,000 active duty and 70,000 retired), 91 percent of law enforcement officers support… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“As to the “super destructive .50-caliber sniper rifle,” not only does the New York Times editorial get the law wrong, but it… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“On Piers Morgan Tonight, Alan Dershowitz claimed, “[W]hat’s happening is the NRA is buying their data. They’re buying their facts. They’re hiring… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“Columbia’s Dart Center treated Bloomberg and his various anti-gun groups as objective sources of information. “Nearly 12,000 murdered with guns each year,”… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“After the San Bernardino attack, Alison Anderman, with the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, noted: “California is leading the way [with… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“Of course, the New York Times will never run a news article on studies that find that guns save lives. Even when… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“Former Prime Minister of Australia John Howard wrote in the New York Times in 2013, “[T]here is a wide consensus that our… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“When President Obama addressed the country on January 5, 2016, about his latest push for gun control, Bloomberg-funded research provided the “facts”… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“On December 10, 1998, Daley had organized a conference with four other mayors to discuss suing the gun makers. Because of my… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“In January 2016, President Obama held a town hall event on CNN to explain his newest push for gun control. Rape victim… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“In a 2013 interview with academics who do research on gun control and gun-free zones, Jake Berry, a reporter with the Nashua… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
Our most conservative estimates show that by adopting shall-issue laws(concealed carry laws), states reduced murders by 8.5%, rapes by 5%, aggravated assaults… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“When it comes to television advertising, Michael Bloomberg out-spends the NRA and all other self-defense groups by 6.3 to one. The money… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“What we do find is that fatalities and injuries from mass public shootings increased in states after they imposed background checks on… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“In 2004, the U.S. National Research Council released a report reaching this same conclusion: “It is the committee’s view that the theory… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“3.Background checks as de facto registration. It is not just other countries that use gun registries as a tool for mass confiscation.… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“In my third edition of More Guns, Less Crime, I provided the first published, peer-reviewed, nationwide study on Stand Your Ground laws.… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“it might be time to correct some of the massive flaws in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. The biggest problem… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“Democrats could pass universal background checks if only they addressed three seemingly straightforward problems: 1.Who pays for it? Gun buyers and sellers… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“For all the emphasis on assault weapons, 68 percent of mass public shootings did not involve any long guns (Figure 2). Eighty-four… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“None of these shootings, nor others that the president has mentioned, would have been stopped if background checks on private transfers had… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“Gary Kleck of Florida State University even said that he doesn’t know of any “credible criminologist” who believes that “with more guns… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
If those states which did not have right-to-carry concealed gun provisions had adopted them in 1992, approximately 1,570 murders; 4,177 rapes; and… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
In theory, if a gun is left at the scene of a crime, licensing and registration will allow a gun to be… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“Thus there was no “loophole,” no special rule for gun shows. The most recent surveys of state and federal prisoners, conducted all… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“In a study that I did on the years 1995–2001, I found that children under ten were involved in an average of… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“Obama has even sought to prohibit gun purchases by Social Security recipients who have trouble managing their finances. The push is for… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“Since 1970, all of the twenty-five worst mass public shootings occurred outside the U.S. Muslims also committed twenty-two of the worst twenty-five… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“For all the emphasis on assault weapons, 68 percent of mass public shootings did not involve any long guns (Figure 2). Eighty-four percent of… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share
“As to the “super destructive .50-caliber sniper rifle,” not only does the New York Times editorial get the law wrong, but it somehow neglects… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share
“There is another real cost to linking gun violence with mental illness. Dr. Renee Binder, President of the American Psychiatric Association and herself a… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share
“When President Obama addressed the country on January 5, 2016, about his latest push for gun control, Bloomberg-funded research provided the “facts” that Obama… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share
“None of these shootings, nor others that the president has mentioned, would have been stopped if background checks on private transfers had been required.4… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share
Embarrassingly for Obama, it appeared that his administration had jumped the gun on banning the bullets. — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share
“3.Background checks as de facto registration. It is not just other countries that use gun registries as a tool for mass confiscation. People in… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share
“Of course, the New York Times will never run a news article on studies that find that guns save lives. Even when they write… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share
“In my third edition of More Guns, Less Crime, I provided the first published, peer-reviewed, nationwide study on Stand Your Ground laws. I found… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share
“The infamous 2015 Charleston, South Carolina church shooting was originally going to be a college shooting. But Dylann Roof changed plans after realizing that… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share
“After the phone call from Daley, the University of Chicago presented me with my two termination options. I wrote back to Dean Fischel—whom I… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share
“The Army psychiatrist who last saw Ivan Lopez found no “sign of likely violence, either to himself or to others.”42 James Holmes’s psychiatrist warned… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share
“Of the four worst K-12 school shootings in history, three have occurred in Europe. Germany was host to two of these—one in 2002 at… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share
“Former Prime Minister of Australia John Howard wrote in the New York Times in 2013, “[T]here is a wide consensus that our 1996 reforms… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share
“Democrats are unwilling to admit that their gun control regulations are disarming poor Americans. President Obama characterizes Voter ID laws that offer free IDs… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share
![“On Piers Morgan Tonight, Alan Dershowitz claimed, “[W]hat’s happening is the NRA is buying their data. They’re buying their facts. They’re hiring and commissioning so-called scholars to come up with the kinds of lies.”8 In another appearance he declared, “Your [John Lott’s] conclusions are paid…” quote by John R. Lott Jr](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/cf8/john-r-lott-jr-9603_amendment_on-piers-morgan-tonight-alan-dershowitz_1647726.png)
![“After the San Bernardino attack, Alison Anderman, with the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, noted: “California is leading the way [with stricter gun control laws], but California is surrounded by a country that has much weaker laws, and we know that a lot of the guns used in crime in California…” quote by John R. Lott Jr](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/82d/john-r-lott-jr-9603_amendment_after-the-san-bernardino-attack-alison-a_1270506.png)
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