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Why Gun Control Doesn’t Reduce Crime—John Lott Breaks Down the Data | American Thought Leaders
Epoch Times ^ | April 17, 2021 | Jan Jekielek

Posted on 04/21/2021 10:36:37 PM PDT by richardb72

YouTube Video: Recent mass shootings have once again put guns at the center of national debate, and President Joe Biden has announced new executive orders on gun control.

At the center of the discussion is a question: do gun control measures prevent crime or do they actually do the opposite?

To understand what the data says, I decided to sit down with John Lott, who has studied the impact of gun control measures for decades. He’s the founder of the Crime Prevention Research Center, and author of a number of books on guns and gun control, including most recently, “Gun Control Myths.”

In this episode, Lott breaks down the biggest misconceptions he sees around gun control, how media coverage skews people’s perceptions, and why he believes gun control measures will actually harm minorities and the most vulnerable.

(Excerpt) Read more at youtube.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: banglist; cprc; crime; epochtimes; guncontrol; johnlott

1 posted on 04/21/2021 10:36:37 PM PDT by richardb72
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To: richardb72

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2 posted on 04/21/2021 10:52:56 PM PDT by sauropod (Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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To: richardb72

Lott does actual science, so he must be suppressed!


3 posted on 04/21/2021 11:10:08 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan (Deplorably Neanderthal)
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To: richardb72
Reasoning will never make a Man correct an ill Opinion, which by Reasoning he never acquired -Jonathan Swift.

Crime prevention isn’t their goal.

4 posted on 04/21/2021 11:14:40 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: richardb72

Long but excellent info. Lott suggests that the DemonRats could very well convert the piles of ATF Form 4473 into a national firearm registry with a simple law.


5 posted on 04/22/2021 12:22:44 AM PDT by MacNaughton
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To: MacNaughton

Private firearm ownership is fluid.

Except for my bolt and lever long guns, everything that generated a 4473 air sold or traded privately by now.

My inventory looks very different from my 4473s.


6 posted on 04/22/2021 3:38:49 AM PDT by Blueflag
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To: Blueflag

Everyone should inventory their firearms to see which ones have a paper trail and which ones don’t.

Wish I still had the ones I bought before Dec 1968.


7 posted on 04/22/2021 7:17:56 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ((Democrats have declared us to be THE OBSOLETE MAN in the Twilight Zone.))
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To: gundog

Swift Quote,
XLNT!


8 posted on 04/22/2021 10:34:44 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (Be Still and Know that I Am God. Rev 19)
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