“Without question, most researchers believe that guns are used more often in self-defense than in the commission of a crime. They also believe that gun-free zones attract criminals; that guns in the home do not increase the risk of suicide;… — 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
