Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about the cases where concealed handgun permit holders have stopped what otherwise would have been mass public shootings and how rarely these cases get national news coverage.
(Wednesday, May 27, 2020, from 8:45 to 8:54 AM)
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Dr. John Lott talked to Bill Frady about a range of issues dealing with the Coronavirus. They talked about gun cases that are being considered by the Supreme Court, including the case they recently considered involving New York City. They also discussed a range of issues involving the Coronavirus including meaning of excess deaths and whether the government is accurately counting the number of Coronavirus deaths.…
As rioting rampages through the Twin Cities in Minnesota, black store owners have had to themselves protect their stores. Some have tried with their bare hands, while others have used guns. For those who oppose private gun ownership, these riots show the need From the Wall Street Journal:
…Minneapolis police have similarly taken a hands-off approach to this week’s rioting, which has destroyed roughly 130 local businesses, but the anger shows no sign of letting up.
Timothy Craig Allen, MD, JD and Dr. John Lott have another piece up at Real Clear Politics on the false numbers being put out on the number of Coronavirus deaths. Their piece starts this way.
…The latest Centers for Disease Control data show that the COVID-19 fatality rate (IFR) is 0.26% — 4 times higher than the worst rate for the seasonal flu over the past decade.
The state House has previously been the hardest part of passing these bills so this is big news in Tennessee. The vote in the House occurred on Wednesday, May 27, 2020.
…The GOP-led Tennessee House has advanced several proposals that would allow public college students with permits to carry concealed guns on campus and eliminate the requirement that residents obtain any permits to carry handguns, including for concealed weapons.
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Townhall about Twitter’s new policy to warn readers that they think that Trump’s tweet contained wrong information. Unfortunately, Twitter is the one who got the information wrong.
…Twitter is no longer willing to just let President Trump and his critics battle things out on their own.
Dr. John Lott talked to with Chicago’s Morning Answer about the how Coronavirus deaths are being counted and the risk that exaggerating the death count.
(Friday, May 22, 2020, from 7:35 to 7:50 AM)
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The vast majority of Europe and developed countries ban absentee ballots, let alone the type of universal mail-in voting that is being demanded these days (our research is available here).
There are problems with both vote buying and vote fraud. Vote buying cases are particularly difficult to show because both the buyer and the seller have an incentive to hide the transaction.…
Dr. John Lott and Stephen Moore joined Chris Salcedo Show on NewsMaxTV to talk about the economic impact of the Coronavirus shutdown. More information is available here.
(Thursday, May 21 2020, from 5:24 to 5:35 PM)
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Dr. John Lott talked to Lars Larson on his national radio show about the research that we have done on deaths from the Coronavirus being dramatically over counted.
(Friday, May 22, 2020, from 6:45 to 6:53 PM)
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