Crime Quote by Fred Thompson

“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…

— John R. Lott Jr

It is absolutely beyond a shadow of a doubt that more firearms in a society actually cuts the amount of crime in that same…

— Matt Shea

“Yet following the handgun confiscation in England, crimes committed with handguns jumped nearly 40% from 1999 to 2000. Violent crime in England now surpasses…

— Charl Van Wyk

“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

Gun violence is not something that appears just in a bad neighborhood or in another part of the world. It appears right here, right…

— Stephen Young

“Every place that has banned guns (either all guns or all handguns) has seen murder rates go up. You cannot point to one place…

— John R. Lott Jr

Probably fewer than 2% of handguns and well under 1% of all guns will ever be involved in a violent crime. Thus, the problem…

— Gary Kleck

“The most frequent use of a gun in self-defense is when an ordinary citizen feels threatened by a human predator and produces a gun…

— Chris Bird

Terrifying mass shooting and high-profile officer-involved incidents have dominated the national conversation on gun violence in recent years. But most deaths by gun are…

— Melissa Harris-Perry

“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

Our neighbors in Virginia are just as responsible for these killings as the criminals are because they won't pass strong gun [control] legislation.

— Marion Barry

“Gun violence touches every class, color, and community, with thirty-three thousand people dying from guns each year—an average of ninety a day. That’s a…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton