--- title: "1 Gun Shows Quotes By John R. Lott Jr" description: "1 Gun Shows quotes by John R. Lott Jr. Plus more from John R. Lott Jr and more Gun Shows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f8/john-r-lott-jr-9603_amendment_thus-there-was-no-loophole-no-special-ru_2769841.png" --- > [“Thus there was no “loophole,” no special rule for gun shows. The most recent surveys of state and federal prisoners, conducted all the way back in 1991 and 1997, indicate that only about 0.6 percent to 0.7 percent of guns…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-lott-jr/thus-there-was-no-loophole-no-special-rule-for-gun-shows-the-most/) [John R. Lott Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-lott-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f8/john-r-lott-jr-9603_amendment_thus-there-was-no-loophole-no-special-ru_2769841.png) ## More by John R. Lott Jr > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-lott-jr/for-all-the-emphasis-on-assault-weapons-68-percent-of-mass-public/) [John R. Lott Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-lott-jr/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-lott-jr/as-to-the-super-destructive-50-caliber-sniper-rifle-not-only-does-the/) [John R. Lott Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-lott-jr/) > [“There is another real cost to linking gun violence with mental illness. Dr. Renee Binder, President of the American Psychiatric Association and herself a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-lott-jr/there-is-another-real-cost-to-linking-gun-violence-with-mental/) [John R. Lott Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-lott-jr/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-lott-jr/when-president-obama-addressed-the-country-on-january-5-2016-about/) [John R. Lott Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-lott-jr/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-lott-jr/none-of-these-shootings-nor-others-that-the-president-has-mentioned/) [John R. Lott Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-lott-jr/) > [Embarrassingly for Obama, it appeared that his administration had jumped the gun on banning the bullets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-lott-jr/embarrassingly-for-obama-it-appeared-that-his-administration-had/) [John R. Lott Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-lott-jr/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-lott-jr/3-background-checks-as-de-facto-registration-it-is-not-just-other/) [John R. Lott Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-lott-jr/) > [“Of course, the New York Times will never run a news article on studies that find that guns save lives. Even when they write…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-lott-jr/of-course-the-new-york-times-will-never-run-a-news-article-on-studies/) [John R. Lott Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-lott-jr/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-lott-jr/in-my-third-edition-of-more-guns-less-crime-i-provided-the-first/) [John R. Lott Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-lott-jr/) > [“The infamous 2015 Charleston, South Carolina church shooting was originally going to be a college shooting. But Dylann Roof changed plans after realizing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-lott-jr/the-infamous-2015-charleston-south-carolina-church-shooting-was/) [John R. Lott Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-lott-jr/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-lott-jr/after-the-phone-call-from-daley-the-university-of-chicago-presented/) [John R. Lott Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-lott-jr/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-lott-jr/the-army-psychiatrist-who-last-saw-ivan-lopez-found-no-sign-of-likely/) [John R. Lott Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-lott-jr/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-lott-jr/of-the-four-worst-k-12-school-shootings-in-history-three-have/) [John R. Lott Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-lott-jr/) > [ “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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-lott-jr/former-prime-minister-of-australia-john-howard-wrote-in-the-new-york/) [John R. Lott Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-lott-jr/) > [“Democrats are unwilling to admit that their gun control regulations are disarming poor Americans. President Obama characterizes Voter ID laws that offer free IDs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-r-lott-jr/democrats-are-unwilling-to-admit-that-their-gun-control-regulations/) [John R. Lott Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-r-lott-jr/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gun-shows/john-r-lott-jr/#itemlist", "name": "1 Gun Shows Quotes By John R. Lott Jr", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Thus there was no “loophole,” no special rule for gun shows. 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