Regulation (Summer 2016) has published some new research by John Lott and Gary Mauser on “Do economists and criminologists differ in their views of firearms’ effects on crime and suicide?” A copy of the article is available here.
Media Bias on Armed Civilians Stopping Mass Public Shootings, falsely claiming civilians rarely stop mass shootings
Two days after the Oregon attack, the Associated Press opened a story with a familiar claim: “Few mass shootings in the U.S. end like the deadly attack on an Oregon elementary school: with an armed civilian opening fire on the gunman.” NPR noted: “how rarely an armed...
Outstanding. I’ll send it to our federal and state legislators.
I wish there had been participation from the UK.