West Wing Reads, July 31, 2017
Regarding historic Democratic obstruction, at Fox News, former U.S. Sentencing Commission economist John R. Lott writes that “Democrats have done everything they can to slow down all of President Trump’s nominees,”highlighting the case of “non-controversial” nominee of Kevin Hassett to be CEA chair.
New York Post, August 14, 2017
But if it were simply about safety, there are a whole lot of other features that would be banned from foster homes, like swimming pools. Citing 2010 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, economist John Lott wrote, “For all children younger than 10, there were 36 accidental gun deaths, and that is out of 41 million children [and] two-thirds . . . involving young children are not shots fired by other little kids but rather by adult males with criminal backgrounds.” By contrast, 609 children drowned that same year. . . .
Indianapolis Business Journal, August 12, 2017
I agree in concept with John Lott’s “more guns, less crime” theory, based on data indicating that violent crime decreases when states are required to issue gun permits to law-abiding citizens. The theory is that criminals are more likely to hesitate when they know it’s possible that those they contemplate victimizing will be armed. . . .
Santa Fe New Mexican, August 12, 2017
The basic premise of the opinion was that only those who pass New Mexico’s concealed-carry training are safe to carry concealed here. If this were true, then those states with less onerous training than New Mexico would have higher rates of problems with their permit holders. We do not see any evidence of this. In fact, research by the Crime Prevention Research Center shows that concealed-carry licensees commit misdemeanors or felonies at a rate of only one-tenth that of law enforcement and commit firearms violations at a rate of only one-seventh that of law enforcement. . . .
The Daily Times (Blount County, TN), August 13, 2017
Millions of people, including hunters and anglers, are taking advantage of the right to legally carry concealed firearms. This is confirmed by John Lott’s Crime Prevention Research Center in its recent report “Concealed Carry Permit Holders Across the United States: 2017”. Lott, whose first bestselling book was “More Guns, Less Crime”, has the full report on his website https://crimeresearch.org/. Here are a few tidbits:
In 11 of the 50 states, ten percent or more of the adult population is licensed to carry;
omitting New York and California (extremely restrictive gun laws) from the statistical equation, about eight percent of the entire United States’ population is licensed; in many areas of the country the number of women getting licenses far surpasses the number of men; and, during the eight years of the Obama administration, the number of concealed carry permits and licenses increased by 256 percent. . . .
Breitbart, August 9, 2017
Writing in The Orange County Register, Crime Prevention Research Center’s John Lott pointed out the safety record with legal guns on campus even extends to armed teachers on K-12 campuses. He traced school carry at K-12 schools beginning in the 1990s until now and showed that in all those decades, the only incident was an accidental discharge in Utah in 2014. That is one incident in decades.
Currently, “Twenty-five states now allow teachers and staff to carry [at K-12 schools], though the rules vary. Utah, along with Alabama, New Hampshire and parts of Oregon, allows teachers and staff to carry at their own discretion. Other states require the approval of the superintendent or school board. In Ohio, at least 40 school districts allow teachers to carry.” . . .
Breitbart, August 10, 2017
Yet Fox News correctly pointed out that concealed carriers are among the most law-abiding of citizens; therefore, they should be the kinds of people states desire for foster care. In other words, the state’s position against concealed carriers is antithetical to common sense.
On July 24, Breitbart News reported a Crime Prevention ResearchCenter (CPRC) study showing that concealed carriers are the most law-abiding of law-abiding citizens. For example, in the state of Michigan, where the Johnsons reside, the CPRC study found the percentage of concealed permit holders convicted of aggravated assault in 2015-2016 was .003 percent. The percentage of Michigan permit holders convicted of aggravated assaults in 2014-2015 was .002 percent. And “the vast majority of … [cases involving concealed permit holders] are unlikely to involve firearms.”
New American, August 14, 2017
The simple reality is that “gun free zones” are markedly more dangerous, as unarmed individuals with no means of self-defense are much more attractive targets to deranged or zealous shooters seeking glory or to make a political statement. Warren Mass pointed this out at The New American when he quoted John Lott of the Crime Prevention Research Center: “Gun control laws don’t deter criminals who are looking for select targets where people can’t fight back.” . . .
America’s 1st Freedom, August 10, 2017
If anyone should question this concentration of violence, Professor John Lott recently issued a report that found that 54 percent of U.S. counties had precisely zero murders committed by any means in 2014. Of course, these counties are areas of the country in which per-capita firearms possession is the highest. It’s worth a hearty laugh that millions of the guns owned in these counties are the “really scary-looking” kind the antis most want to ban because they are “weapons of war.” That is all just one more part of the overwhelming body of evidence proving that guns in the hands of good Americans should be the last issue of concern.
The American violence problem that is nearly entirely concentrated in these urban centers usually involves gang members warring with rival gang members over an insult or control of drug turf. Once someone is killed or wounded, retaliation is required, and the cycle continues. The triggermen are predictably violent felons (legally prohibited possessors of firearms) who weren’t kept segregated from society in prison long enough, if they ever were at all. . . .
America’s 1st Freedom, August 10, 2017
“The cops can’t be everywhere at once. Indeed, they rarely respond to live crime scenes at all. But unfortunately for poor people living in the country’s most violent neighborhoods, Democrats just don’t trust them with guns.” — Researcher John Lott on anti-gun Democrats’ war on poor Americans.
Dunn County Herald, August 11, 2017
Pew researchers observed that the huge amount of attention devoted to gun violence incidents in the media has caused most Americans to be unaware that gun crime is ‘strikingly down’ from 20 years ago.” John Lott, author of “More Guns, Less Crime” has done exhaustive research and concluded that shall-issue states like North Dakota have produced a “steady decrease in violent crime. He explains that this is logical because criminals are deterred by the risk of attacking an armed target, so as more citizens arm themselves, danger to the criminals increases.” . . .
Ammoland, August 8, 2017
It shows that a growing number of Americans are taking responsibility for their own safety. . . .
Guns.com, August 7, 2017
In an opinion piece published by the Chicago Tribune, Lott says the fees, ID and background check requirements, and expensive training often tied to gun ownership keep many poor, law-abiding citizens from purchasing guns. He argues these are exactly the people who could use firearms for self-defense, as poor African Americans from urban communities are the most likely to be victims of violent crime.
Lott points to research conducted by the Crime Prevention Research Center, an organization he founded, that shows handgun permit fees are much higher in many Democratic states. Some Democratic states, such as Illinois and California, also require many more hours of training, which can bump up costs by hundred of dollars. . . . .
NRA-ILA, August 8, 2017
For example, Oregon is a shall issue (“right-to-carry”) state and the CPRC shows that the percentage of Oregon “permit holders who were convicted of any type of felony, violent or nonviolent” in 2016 was .0074 percent. Moreover, the CPRC stresses that “these cases are unlikely to involve firearms.”
Additionally, Oklahoma is a shall-issue state and the percentage of permit holders convicted of a felony in 2016 was .0071 percent, in 2015 it was .0062 percent, in 2014 it was .0069 percent and in 2013 it was .0078 percent. Minnesota is also a shall-issue state, and the percentage of concealed permit holders convicted of assault in 2016 was .000 percent, the percentage convicted in 2015 was .000 percent and the percentage in 2014 was .000 percent. And the list goes on.
The point is simply that the information on “right-to-carry permit holders” is extant and available (CPRC found it). And without it, a study on the dangers of “right-to-carry” laws seems to be a bridge too far.
As CPRC’s John Lott commented:
Donohue claims that permit holders are committing violent crimes at high rates (actually his claim rests on them committing aggravated assaults with firearms), but the evidence from state police shows that permit holders are incredibly law-abiding. His response is that somehow all the police departments across the US are making mistakes in missing out on these crimes, but he offers no evidence for this claim.
Take the data for Texas in the newest report from the Crime Prevention Research Center. In 2016, only 0.00067 percent of permit holders were convicted of an aggravated assault (with or without a firearm). And there is the presumption that some of Texas’ 1.2 million permit holders would have committed such a crime even if concealed handgun permits weren’t allowed. (Of course, this ignores any benefits from these permit holders.)
There is a reason that over two-thirds of published, peer-reviewed studies find that Right-to-Carry laws reduce violent crime rates in the U.S. (see https://crimeresearch.org/2014/11/do-right-to-carry-laws-reduce-violent-crime/). All but one other paper, another by these authors, has claimed that Right-to-Carry laws exert no bad influence on any violent crime rates. Donohue keeps making the same statistical mistakes over and over again, and he never even bothers to explain why he is ignoring these critiques. . . .
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