Author: John Lott, RealClearPolitics
FBI Data on Active Shootings Is Misleading
Americans are constantly debating policing and gun control. But to discuss these issues, we have to depend on government crime data. Unfortunately, politics has infected the data handling of agencies such as the FBI and the Centers for Disease Control.
Guns Are Not the Leading Cause of Children’s Deaths
MSU Shooting: The Blame Game
Gun Control Laws Backfiring in California
After the three public shootings over the last two weekends in California, Democrats are again clamoring for even more gun control laws. To California Gov. Gavin Newsom, the solution is to ban more places where people can carry permitted concealed han…
New Gun Regulation Handicaps the Disabled
The Biden administration’s newly released regulations regarding "pistol-stabilizing braces" will instantly turn tens of thousands of law-abiding Americans into felons and create a national rifle registry. But the Biden administration and the…
The Truth About Crime and Gun Ownership in Brazil
The ‘Crazy, Right-Wing Shooter’ Myth
Law-Abiding Gun Owners Maligned by Politicians
In celebration of New York’s new gun control law taking effect on September 1, Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul claimed: "This whole concept that a good guy with a gun will stop the bad guys with a gun, it doesn’t hold up. And the data bears this out…
California Billboards Don’t Tell the Whole Story
A lot of people are moving out of California. Over the last two years, California has lost about 300,000 people. Major companies, including Telsa, Oracle Corp, and HP have abandoned California for Texas. With high taxes, lots of regulations, high crim…