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On Southern California Public Radio to debate new claims about gun show regulations

Oct 25, 2017 | Featured

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Dr. John Lott debated Ellicott Matthay, a Ph.D. candidate in epidemiology at UC Berkeley, on Southern California’s Public Radio (KPCC) about a new study she worked on that examined the impact of gun show regulations.  Larry Mantel always does a good interview.  As Larry notes, the study has gotten a lot of news coverage, such as this piece in the Los Angeles Times.  Unfortunately, despite the entire segment just lasting 10 minutes, Matthay said that she was unable to be on the radio at the same time that Dr. Lott was on.

(Tuesday, October 24, 2017, from 2:10 to 2:20 PM)

Audio also available here.

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