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....
\ From Fox News: A South Carolina teenager left home alone used his mother's gun to shoot and kill a burglar, authorities said Tuesday. Fox Carolina reported that deputies responded to a report of shots fired at a home in Ladson Tuesday shortly before 2 p.m. EST...
A 16-year-old who broke into the home on his third attempt was shot and killed by an 11-year-old inside the home. Fox News has this: An 11-year-old Missouri boy shot and killed a 16-year-old boy during an attempted home invasion Thursday afternoon, St. Louis County...
With all the discussion about possibly setting age restrictions on gun use after the tragic death of a firearms instructor in Arizona (see analysis here), here are a few examples of young children saving lives with guns. The fearless 11-year-old took action when she...