“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 Amendment 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 Amendment 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… — John R. Lott Jr South carolina Copy Share Image
“In other words, if the media wanted to, they could easily find academics on different sides of the gun debate.” — 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 Administration Copy Share Image
“Hillary and Senator Murphy may claim that they care about the poor, but poor people in the highest-crime areas are the most… — John R. Lott Jr Poor people 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 Amendment 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 Adopting Copy Share Image
“The Batman movie theater killer, James Holmes, initially considered attacking an airport. In his diary, which was released in 2015, he explained… — John R. Lott Jr Batman movie 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 Concealed carry 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 Law school 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 Bernie sanders 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
“Obama could have looked at his own State Department’s annual terrorism reports. Between 2007 and 2011, an average of 6,282 terrorist attacks… — John R. Lott Jr Terrorism 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
“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 Death 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 Gun ownership 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 Amendment 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 Amendment 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 Gun control 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 Amendment Copy Share Image
Are global temperatures rising? Surely, they were rising from the late 1970s to 1998, but 'there has been no net global warming… — John R. Lott Jr Causes 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 Bad feelings Copy Share Image
“Proponents of the federal “Trayvon Martin Act” want to prevent Stand Your Ground laws from being used by someone who was the… — John R. Lott Jr Bottom line Copy Share Image
“The Small Arms Survey makes it look as though there are only twenty-five countries with higher homicide rates than the U.S. In… — John R. Lott Jr Better job 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 Gun control 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… — John R. Lott Jr Phone call 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… — John R. Lott Jr Health care 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 Amendment 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 Gun laws 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 Amendment 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 Democracy Copy Share Image
During waves of terror attacks, Israel's national police chief will call on all concealed-handgun permit holders to make sure they carry firearms… — John R. Lott Jr All time Copy Share Image
“Blacks have the most to gain from Stand Your Ground laws, and there is no evidence that the laws are applied in… — John R. Lott Jr Blacks 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 Gun ownership Copy Share Image
“Taking the average of surveys on academic economists’ political views, we find that Democrat economists outnumber their Republican colleagues by almost three… — John R. Lott Jr Political views 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 Amendment 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 Amendment 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 Amendment 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 Children 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 1996 reforms not only reduced the gun-related homicide rate, but also the suicide rate. The Australian Institute of Criminology found that gun-related murders and suicides fell…” quote by John R. Lott Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b67/john-r-lott-jr-9603_gun-ownership_former-prime-minister-of-australia-john_700905.jpg)
![“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)
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