Dr. John Lott joined Tron Simpson to talk about the biased media coverage of the Virginia Beach attack and mass public shootings generally.
(Sunday, March 4, 2018, from 12:20 to 12:50 PM)
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...
A long-time VB resident I know was aware that VA has state law preemption of local gun laws but was unaware that VB prohibited city employees from carrying guns even if the public could do so.