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| '''John R. Lott Jr.''', a resident scholar at the ], is author of ''More Guns, Less Crime'', which presents statistical |
'''John R. Lott Jr.''', a resident scholar at the ], is author of ''More Guns, Less Crime'', which presents statistical evidence that allowing adults to carry concealed weapons has significantly reduced crime in America. | ||
| His work is adamantly opposed by ] groups. Lott has been criticised for analysing only those data which promote his pro-gun agenda, and ignoring the rest. In particular his analysis of crime statistics in those states that have tightened gun ownership laws has been criticised on these grounds. | |||
| His work is adamantly opposed by ] groups. | |||
| Lott claims that selective reporting by US media fails to report instances of people defending themeselves (or others) via legal use of guns. For example a school shooting was reportedly ended by students who "tackled" the gun man, but Lott quotes eyewitnesses who say that a girl named Tracy pointed a gun at the killer, who then dropped his weapon ''before'' being tackled. | Lott claims that selective reporting by US media fails to report instances of people defending themeselves (or others) via legal use of guns. For example a school shooting was reportedly ended by students who "tackled" the gun man, but Lott quotes eyewitnesses who say that a girl named Tracy pointed a gun at the killer, who then dropped his weapon ''before'' being tackled. | ||
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John R. Lott Jr., a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, is author of More Guns, Less Crime, which presents statistical evidence that allowing adults to carry concealed weapons has significantly reduced crime in America.
His work is adamantly opposed by gun control groups. Lott has been criticised for analysing only those data which promote his pro-gun agenda, and ignoring the rest. In particular his analysis of crime statistics in those states that have tightened gun ownership laws has been criticised on these grounds.
Lott claims that selective reporting by US media fails to report instances of people defending themeselves (or others) via legal use of guns. For example a school shooting was reportedly ended by students who "tackled" the gun man, but Lott quotes eyewitnesses who say that a girl named Tracy pointed a gun at the killer, who then dropped his weapon before being tackled.