CPRC talk in Brussels to Défense Active des Amateurs d’ Armes — talk about gun control to people from across Europe

Feb 15, 2017 | Featured

Dr. John Lott spoke to the Défense Active des Amateurs d’ Armes on January 21, 2017.  In the audience were people from Belgium, France, Germany, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, and other countries.  The talk covered a comparison of mass public shootings and murder rates across countries, and the talk and the question and answer period together lasted about 2 hours and 30 minutes.  The talk was simultaneously translated into Dutch and French.

English version of talk.

English version of Question and Answer Session.

A Dutch translation of the talk is available here.

A French translation is available here.

A Dutch translation for the question and answer part of the talk is available here.

Dr. John Lott with Daniel Beets who set up the event.

 

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2 Comments

  1. Keith L Hatfield

    English audio of Q&A?

    • johnrlott

      Found it. Thanks for prodding us to look again.

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