Posted on 06/25/2008 3:02:54 PM PDT by neverdem
this professor was fair and accurate and cut through all the BS and got down to the real facts about guns. he is apolitical when it comes to this topic.
he held up lott's work and told us to read it but warned us that none of his numbers could be replicated. lott basically pulled it out of thin air. but that fact does not necessarily dismiss his findings. it is true that those cities with the strictest gun laws also have the highest levels of gun violence.
but lott is a hired gun (pun intended). look at his list of colleges. and he just leaves after 3 years so he doesn't go up for tenure. yale, chicago, maryland, etc... his salary always paid by some foundation.
An undercover, renegade Guardian Angel squad?
I like it!
;-)
IOWs you’re spreading (or starting) an unsourced rumor.
you can call it whatever you wish. i feel no need to justify it. i am just extending my well-informed opinion. not blindly excepting lott’s data as gospel. that’s what this forum is for. i’ve been around long enough to know that this is ok.
The fact that Lott releases his data shows integrity, not the lack of it. Releasing data is what allows other people to replicate your work.
Lott gained considerable credibility with me in 1996. A couple of years previously he had released his classic study that showed that when states enacted concealed carry legislation, violent crime against people declined while property crime went up.
As I recall, he predicted that the murder rate would drop about 5% in the first year after enactment.
Arizona enacted a CCW law, and the murder rate dropped about 5% the next year!
It is rare that a scientist can make a prediction on a “social” issue such as this, and have it hold up.
I was impressed.
this is all common knowledge throughout academia. but he publishes and he's free so schools love him.”
A person does not publish his data to be discredited. People withhold data to prevent being discredited, such as a number of the supporters of man made global warming. The Olin foundation at the University of Chicago is hardly a "pro-gun group". This is the same tar the supporters of "climate change" use. Don't try to disprove the facts, attack the funding source!
Sure, it’s OK. I’m just calling it what it is. An unfounded rumor.
So where did you get this degree in Criminal Justice and who was your teacher? If you have evidence that my salary is “always paid by some foundation,” please provide it. Thank you.
So where did you get this degree in Criminal Justice and who was your teacher? If you have evidence that my salary is “always paid by some foundation,” please provide it. Thank you.
did the olin foundation pay your salary at the univeristy of chicago?
You must really tire of the libelous lies being told about you, sir.
I for one shall be eternally grateful to you for the yoemans work you've done on this subject.
We'll see if this poster can produce a shred of evidence to back up his assertions.
My best to you, sir.
Celebrate Heller!
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Thank you sir, for participating in Freerepubic. Your presence adds a great deal to our discussions.
Exactly Right!
They create more victims!
“well until i get other than anecdotal evidence you’ll just have to take my 2nd-hand tales. but i will say that i received a masters degree in criminal justice and took classes with one of the most respected experts on all-things-firearms in the country.
this professor was fair and accurate and cut through all the BS and got down to the real facts about guns. he is apolitical when it comes to this topic.”
Somehow, while getting your master’s degree, you must have avoided any courses in basic English or grammar.
I got my MBA from Pepperdine. We were taught to never try to bs our readers with unnamed sources like your so called professor and where he taught. Anyone with the poor English shown in your reply would never be allowed in any real master degree program. My 9 year old grand daughter has a better command of English than you do.
So what was the name of this professor and at what university did he make those statements about Dr Lott?
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