Dr. John Lott talked to Steve Gruber on the Michigan Talk Network about Lott’s latest piece in the Wall Street Journal that discusses the low rate that guns are used to harm people.
(Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 8:35 to 8:44 AM).
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Stateline quoted John Lott saying, “All you do by creating a gun-free zone is creating a magnet — just read the diaries and manifestos. All you do is create a magnet for those who want to go and kill people.” . . . AWR Hawkins, "Report: At Least Eight States...
Yes, even considering the National Crime Victimization Survey figure of 2.7 million non fatal “gun crimes” yearly, NSSF’s estimate of 422.9 million guns in the US puts an adverse gun use statistic under 1%. And that assumes a gun is used only once for such an adverse gun use, when it’s far more likely that very few individuals use the same gun numerous times.