While the media and gun control advocates constantly claim that firearms are the leading cause of death for those under 18, that is clearly incorrect. We have previously shown that for those under 18, vehicle deaths are consistently greater than those from...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at The Federalist. The piece also appeared in the Conservative News Daily. The piece was the third most read piece on the Federalist website today. . Gun control advocates often claim that guns are the leading cause of death among...
For those under 18, vehicle deaths are consistently greater than those from firearms. When you use the FBI murder data, the vehicle deaths exceed the firearm deaths for 2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023 and likely 2021, though the FBI data isn’t available for that year. The...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO_NRejn6dU Given that Poland feels threatened by Russia, it makes sense to train children to learn to use guns. Shooting lessons were voluntary until three years ago, but now firearms lessons are compulsory for schoolchildren - even at...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at Real Clear Politics. Real Clear Politics also provided an alternative viewpoint from Bloomberg's Everytown. Lott's piece also appeared in the Epoch Times, Florida Daily, The Political Insider, and Zero Hedge. . A favorite talking point...
Here are the numbers for those under 20, but there are some issues with the accuracy of these numbers. UPDATE: The New England Journal of Medicine has a letter making the claim that children are more likely to die from guns than any other cause. The piece contains...
On NBC’s Chicago PD (S9 E4 October 13, 2021), a nine-year-old boy breaks into a man's garage. When asked if a homeowner has locked up his rifles, the man informs Hank Voight (played by actor Jason Beghe), who heads up the special Chicago police unit, that he didn't...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece on media bias at Real Clear Politics. Last week, the Biden administration promised gun control groups that it will soon roll out a massive push for limits on firearm purchases and other measures. President Biden reiterated that promise on...
On CBS's Magnum PI (S3 E8 February 12 2021), a twelve-year-old steals his father's gun from a bedside table and accidentally shoots his ten-year-old brother. The message is parents should be afraid of guns in the home even if the parent is at home. But this again...
On CBS’s FBI Most Wanted (S2 E4 January 19, 2021), a woman steals his father’s gun from a lock box at home and attempts a mass public shooting. The father attempts to justify owning the gun to protect his family, but the message is obvious: parents may think that they...
This new show on CBS starts with lots of politically correct themes. In the second episode, the new female police chief's daughter is distraught over the fact that her mom has a gun in the home. Even though the gun is locked up, Over the last five years that data is...
On CBS's FBI, a seventeen-year-old steals his father's gun from a locked gun safe at home and attempts a mass public shooting. The message is parents should be afraid of guns in the home even if they are locked in a safe. Others would support banning guns in the home....