On NewsMax’s Wake Up America: The FBI Undercounts Defensive Use of Firearm

Aug 25, 2022 | Television

Dr. John Lott appeared on NewsMax’s Wake Up America to discuss that the FBI undercounts likely mass shootings stopped by armed civilians, and the media picks which gun stories to tell. See also Dr. Lott’s new piece at Real Clear Politics titled: “How the FBI Undercounts Armed Citizen Responders to Mass Killers — and Media Play Along.”

(NewsMax’s Wake Up America, August 14, 2022, from 7:28 to 7:35 AM ET)

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