John Lott’s newest piece at Fox News on the New York Times reporting the latest Violence Policy Center claims starts this way:
…People walking the streets with guns pose a danger to others, right? With 12 million Americans across all 50 states now having concealed handgun permits, one would think that this question would have been settled one way or another.
concealed carry, CPRC original research, Media Discussion on CPRC, op-ed, Violence Policy Center
There are many errors in the New York Times on guns all the time. We regularly send letters to the Times, but they aren’t interesting in correcting the errors.
…Dear Letters Editor:The Times erroneously asserts that over almost eight years there were 722 non-self-defense gun deaths nationwide by concealed handgun permit holders (“Concealed Carry’s Body Count,” 2/11).
Fact Checking Bias, Letters that we submitted, New York Times, Violence Policy Center
How far will gun control advocates go to advance their cause? The newest piece at National Review Online starts this way:
…People walking the streets armed with guns are dangerous, right? With all 50 states finally allowing concealed handguns to at least some degree and with over 11 million Americans now having permits to carry them, this question ought to have been settled.
The Violence Policy Center regularly puts out the claim that concealed handgun permit holders are a danger to themselves and others. Right now they claim that concealed handgun permits have been responsible for 636 deaths from the entire United States over almost seven years from May 2007 to March 2014. John Lott has pointed out errors in the VPC numbers for Florida, so here let’s take the errors in just one state Michigan.…
concealed carry, CPRC original research, How law-abiding are concealed handgun permit holders, Violence Policy Center
