Dr. John Lott was on Larry Elder’s national radio show to talk about the Left’s Fact Checking Machine.
(Monday, March 12, 2018, from 7:20 to 7:30 PM)
Articles referenced in Lott’s discussion with Larry Elder.
On the Leland Conway Radio Show: To Discuss Gun Violence Statistics, Media Coverage, and the Consequences of Gun Control Laws
Dr. John Lott talked to Leland Conway on Denver’s KHOW about the importance of defensive gun use in preventing mass shootings and the media’s tendency to downplay these incidents. They also discussed the importance of per capita crime statistics, including the finding...
USA Today and NYT etc are now saying that the murder rate in NYC is lower than ever…some are saying “NY state has the 3rd fewest gun deaths per 100,000 residents according to USA Today”. That stat is a response I received when on DailyWire I responded to the Governor marching with the students in NYC calling for more gun control..I said that the strict gun laws in NYC were not useful in preventing gun violence, etc. What is the proper answer to their pointing out about NY state has 3rd fewest gun deaths? Now I have heard the police (can’t remember where I read it) say that about half of the murders in NYC are gun related (so that means about half used other means so I don’t think strict gun laws helped prevent those, obviously). Plus it if that is a stat for the whole state would not it also include that those who were able to get concealed carry, etc in the rest of the state would also have an affect on those USA Today numbers? Just curious what would be the answer to these stat now being used by anti-gunners (including all of the MSM)