Post by: johnrlott
While most of the discussion here was on Obamacare, the last 1:52 of the interview was on the Crime Prevention Research Center. The audio of the interview is available here (1:17 to 1:28 EST PM, 02/13/2014).
…John Lott’s newest piece at Fox News starts this way:
…California may soon join 42 other states in letting people carry concealed handguns once they meet certain objective criteria.
Thursday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the state couldn’t ban both concealed and open carry guns. The court also struck down the so-called “good cause” requirement for getting a permit, saying that concern for one’s personal safety should be sufficient justification.
On Tuesday, February 11th, CPRC’s John Lott will debate Carl T. Bogus, Professor of Law, Roger Williams University and former board member for Handgun Control and the Brady Campaign. The debate on the topic of gun control will go from 12:45 to 2 PM at the University Club of New York.…
Dwayne Ferguson has been an active, well-known public supporter of gun control efforts for many years. He helped pass New York’s new gun control laws last year. But he was recently arrested for accidentally carrying his permitted concealed handgun on school property. The criminal penalties and prison time that he faces could be substantial.…
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This result is from a Fox News poll given from January 15-17, 2013, and so it was done right after the Newtown attack. Presumably the results at other times would have been even more lopsided.
Still the Fox News survey is possibly biased in that it compares a complete ban with some more gun ownership.…
A short video of the debate from News Channel 12 is available here:
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More on the debate is available from the East Carolina University school newspaper. Amazingly, the debate received news coverage at least as far away as Montana.
From WSLS TV:
…East Carolina University hosted a debate on the controversial issues of guns and gun control.
John Lott’s piece at Fox News started this way:
…Gun control advocates not only push new fees and taxes on guns to reduce ownership, but they also employ another tactic: scaring people into not owning guns.
Last week, on January 31, ABC News saturated its news programs with the alleged danger of gun ownership.
CPRC original research, media bias on guns, op-ed, Safe Storage Laws, Survey on gun ownership
What is interesting is the remarkable consistency of the rate that criminals obtained their guns from gun shows (a copy of the earlier report is available here).
One problem with using these surveys is that people think that if one were to actually stop all criminals from obtaining guns from gun shows or through some other way, that will actually stop the criminals from getting guns.…
The audio of John Lott’s interview on the Bill Martinez’s show that dealt with ABC News’ Special is available here.
…From the article in the Christian Science Monitor:
…Arguments for concealed carry
“I don’t argue that there are no problems with [concealed-carry permit holders], but when you look at the data it’s pretty hard to find any other group in the population that’s as law-abiding as” permitted gun carriers, says John Lott Jr.,
