“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“against my research were true. The claim is especially ludicrous, since the NRA doesn’t seem to fund any statistical research at all.… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“Without question, most researchers believe that guns are used more often in self-defense than in the commission of a crime. They also… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“If a national pollster asked you if you owned a firearm, would you determine to tell him or her the truth or… — 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
“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 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
“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
“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
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
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
“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
“But the fact is that it’s virtually impossible to stop criminals from obtaining the magazines they want. Magazines, large or small, are… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“Usually, when gun control researchers do a study, only a small set of countries are used in any comparison, typically limited to… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“But it is probably not too surprising that gun control advocates who live in New York City know very little about guns.… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“To do just that, Bill Landes (University of Chicago Law School) and I collected data on all multiple victim public shootings in… — 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
“In February 2000, I testified before the Hawaii State Senate joint hearing between the Judiciary and Transportation committees on changes that were… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
Embarrassingly for Obama, it appeared that his administration had jumped the gun on banning the bullets. — 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. People in… — 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 they write… — 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. I found… — John R. Lott Jr Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
![“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/quotes/img-quotes/82d/john-r-lott-jr-9603_gun-control_after-the-san-bernardino-attack-alison-a_1270506.jpg)
![“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/quotes/img-quotes/cf8/john-r-lott-jr-9603_quote_on-piers-morgan-tonight-alan-dershowitz_1647726.jpg)
