The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) estimates there were approximately 330,000 violent victimizations involving a firearm in 2021. That same year there were estimated 1.67 million defensive gun uses. That is defensive gun uses are 5.06 times more than firearms used in crime.
At Real Clear Politics: America’s Murder Problem Is Smaller Than It Looks
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at Real Clear Politics that discusses our new research on murder and murder victims. . World Cup visitors discovered something many Americans already know: The United States does not feel like the dangerous place they’ve been led to...
Statistics do not lie, but Statisticians do!
Especially when the data isn’t examined properly and use the data to fit their agenda.
Can you expand on your point? I am not clear what your point is.
There are statistics and statisticians – when the two agree after an honest look at and interpretation of the data, and its not presented in a biased manner, and follows the data to its logical conclusion – then you have people like John Lott offering an honest evaluation and presentation of what is reality.
Then there are statistics and statisticians which are completely biased, cherry picked/picking data to plug into a presentation that’s designed to only support their bias – we call these people, collectively, anti-gun organizations and liars.
Thank you.