John Lott’s op-ed titled “The Myth of American Gun Violence” at the New York Daily News was read by Sean Hannity on his national radio show (audience 12.5 million).
…John Lott’s piece at the New York Daily News starts this way:
…In the wake of the murders in Charleston, President Obama has made more exaggerations and false claims about gun violence in America. He made two public addresses this past week — one to the nation on Thursday and one to the U.S.
The discussion here was only for a minute-and-a-half. Monday, June 22, 2015 from 10:18 to 10:20 PM. At least temporarily a better quality video is available here.
…John Lott was interviewed by Mark Isler, the substitute host on the Dennis Prager show, about the tragic massacre in Charleston, South Carolina (2:05 to 3 PM, Monday, June 22, 2015).
Audience size 1.5+ million
Update Post: For our latest work comparing mass public shootings across countries, please click here.
For those interested, Snopes.com has given this research below a “mixed” rating. For a discussion of Snopes.com’s claims and our response see here.
Updated January 7, 2016: 1) In his address to the nation after the Planned Parenthood attack, Obama claimed: “I say this every time we’ve got one of these mass shootings: This just doesn’t happen in other countries.”
Senator Harry Reid made a similar statement on June 23rd: “The United States is the only advanced country where this type of mass violence occurs. …
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Evan DeFilippis and Devin Hughes have been repeating past criticisms of John Lott’s work and without ever bothering to let readers know that Lott has already responded to those points. John Lott has written up a detailed response available below to the first two-thirds of their points in order that they were made. …
John Lott was interviewed by Lars Larson about the Charleston Church Shooting (Friday, June 19, 2015 from 6:22 to 6:30 PM).
Audience size 1.25+ million
He was also interviewed by KSRO’s Melanie Morgan, covering the San Francisco Bay Area (Friday, June 19, 2015 from 6:22 to 6:30 PM).
…John Lott was interviewed by Mark Davis, the substitute host on Fridays, about Obama’s comments on Charleston Church Shooting (Friday, June 19, 2015 from 7:05 to 7:16 AM).
Audience size 2.50+ million
…John Lott was interviewed by George Noory about the Charleston Church Shooting (Friday, June 19, 2015 from 1:07 to 1:10 AM).
Audience size 2.75+ million
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