Opinion Journal: The Truth About Gun Control
8/2/2016 1:26PM
Crime Prevention Research Center President John Lott talked to Mary Kissel about his new book, “The War on Guns: Arming Yourself Against Gun Control Lies.”
Defensive Gun Uses By People Legally Carrying Guns: 29 Cases During August 2025
Murfreesboro, Tennessee, August 1, 2025 (Rutherford Source) A customer shot and killed a suspected thief during an attempted ATM theft early Friday at a 7-Eleven Exxon on East Northfield Boulevard, Murfreesboro police detectives said. Detectives with the Criminal...
Dr. Lott please stop calling it a “buyback”! Unless the retailer, wholesaler or manufacturer is purchasing the gun, it is a *confiscation*, with what is likely nominal compensation, at least in any country other than the U.S. (I’m assuming the Takings Clause would be implicated here).