Posted on 04/26/2006 2:56:00 PM PDT by neverdem
An April 15 People's Forum letter attacking my research was filled with inaccurate claims. It said that my research showing that concealed carry gun laws lead to a drop in violent crime has been "entirely discredited" and "failed to stand up when examined by more objective researchers." In fact, a large number of refereed academic studies have confirmed my results, some finding drops in crime even larger than I did. For a list of papers see:
http://johnrlott.tripod.com/postsbyday/RTCResearch.html.
As renowned criminologist James Q. Wilson pointed out in the National Academy report that the letter-writerreferenced, all the regressions estimated by the committee on murder rates showed that murder rates declined significantly after right-to-carry laws were adopted.
Interestingly, there are no refereed academic journal publications that claim that right-to-carry laws increase any type of violent crime rate.
John Lott
Burke, Va.
Facts yield to ideology! Quit yer fact-citin', John Lott!
John Lott is THE MAN when it comes to gun research.
He has proven that the possession of large amounts of firearms by citizens and concealed carry laws really do reduce crime.
The libs hate him, of course. They can't prove him wrong so they lie about him.
Ping!
John Lott's work is the gold standard of firearms research, and has been responsible for victories in countless debates with poorly-informed anti-firearms zealots. He has been, and continues to be, an invaluable asset in the battle to supplant opinion and hysteria with knowledge; to place accurate, hard-headed information before an occasionally hostile public. IMO, he deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Just like the "debunked" Swift Boat vets.
The great thing is his research methods are rigorous and unassailable.
ping
The great thing is his research methods are rigorous and unassailable.
What differentiates Lott from those on the other side like "partial and tweaked dataset" Kellerman and "The flood destroyed my research" Bellisles is that Lott made his raw data available for peers to corroborate (or attempt to disprove, which, incidentally, has NOT been done to date as is stated in Lott's letter.
Look at Canada, England and Australia they all banned guns and had a increase in violent crime.
(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")
I don't know which to stare at, the gun or the beauty holding it...
The left ("liberals") wants the country disarmed so they can take over and have total fascistic hegemony.
That one really p's me off. Well, they both do, but that one especially.
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