The Berkeley Forum debate entitled “Guns, Crime and Freedom” included: CPRC president and economist John Lott, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Stanford professor Jack Rakove and Robyn Thomas, executive director of the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. The debate took place on October 25th, 2013, but the video of the debate has only just now been released.
Lott’s presentation begins at the 29 minute mark and the Q&A starts at the 46 minute mark.
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This should be downloaded and mirrored on the CPRC youtube account. Berkeley has the video configured where you must have the direct link to the video. Making it virtually non-existent on youtube.