When will all those gun control advocates and reporters who rely on criminologist Adam Lankford’s research begin asking him to answer questions about his research?
Despite getting massive international news coverage and then President Obama frequently basing his claim that the United States is unique in terms of mass public shootings on Lankford’s research, Lankford has refused to provide even the most basic evidence on his research.…
We have frequently been asked about this false internet meme and we have referred them many times to the research that we have done on this issue. Anyone who follows our website would know is completely false.
…The claim is that the US has the 3rd highest murder rate, but if you removed Chicago, Detroit, DC, St.
…“On crime, the murder rate has experienced its largest increase in 45 years,” Trump told the crowd. “We are going to support the incredible men and women of law enforcement, and we are going to bring this terrible crime wave to an end. Highest in 45 years, the murder rate.” .
Al Jazeera using Crime Prevention Research Center’s work to point out Heather MacDonald’s false claim about increasing murder rates during the beginning of 2015
(June 3, 2015)
Heather Mac Donald’s piece in this weekend’s WSJ tries to scare American’s nationwide with the claim: “Gun violence in particular is spiraling upward in cities across America.” Her piece starts this way:
…The nation’s two-decades-long crime decline may be over. Gun violence in particular is spiraling upward in cities across America.
In today’s Washington Post, Glenn Kessler has a devastating fact check of comments that President Obama made to Benedict College in South Carolina last Friday. Kessler gave Obama three out of four possible Pinocchios.
…“What we also have to recognize is, is that our homicide rates are so much higher than other industrialized countries.
The figure is from opencarry.org.
Playing the typical hypothetical possibility angle, the New York Times story quotes one worried restaurant owner saying:
“On some nights you have college kids wall to wall in here drinking,” he said. “You don’t want a gun in here.”
No actual instances are mentioned where this fear has materialized.…
