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Our Survey Shows Why the Recent Public Health Survey Claiming 18 million American Adults Present at Mass Shootings is So Ridiculous. Number Shot Given by the Survey is Off by at least 71 Times!

Our Survey Shows Why the Recent Public Health Survey Claiming 18 million American Adults Present at Mass Shootings is So Ridiculous. Number Shot Given by the Survey is Off by at least 71 Times!

A new survey titled “Exposure to Mass Shootings in the United States: A National Survey” and published in March 7th issue of the journal JAMA Network Open claims that approximately 6.95% of U.S. adults reported having been present at the scene of a mass shooting...

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Political Biases in the FBI’s Crime Data

Political Biases in the FBI’s Crime Data

Here is a recording of one of the three different talks that Dr. John Lott's presented at the 2025 NRA meetings in Atlanta. Also provided below is a copy of his PowerPoint and the video that he showed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r_xc09q9vo...

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