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On The Firearm Trainer’s Podcast: Discussing how statistics are used to sway people’s opinion and support false messages

Jan 15, 2024 | Radio

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Dr. John Lott appeared on the Firearm Trainer’s Podcast to discuss the Crime Prevention Research Center’s research and how statistics are used to sway people’s opinion and support false messages.

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New Research: The worst 2% of U.S. counties produce an even larger share of firearm murders than of murders overall. Those counties account for 53% of all murders but 57% of firearm murders. U.S. murders are concentrated far more heavily than Canada’s and Australia’s.

New Research: The worst 2% of U.S. counties produce an even larger share of firearm murders than of murders overall. Those counties account for 53% of all murders but 57% of firearm murders. U.S. murders are concentrated far more heavily than Canada’s and Australia’s.

by | Oct 6, 2026 |

We have previously examined how heavily murders concentrate in the United States, but this is our first analysis of firearm homicide concentration. The first two graphs show that the worst 2% to 5% of counties account for a share of firearm murders about four...