Slicing through the emotional--but factually wrong--arguments of gun control advocates this book busts a number of myths, demonstrating with hard statistical data and riveting anecdotes.
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An Excellent Analysis of the Facts Economist Lott presents storng evidence that gun ownership stops crime. How can this possibly be, asks the left-wingers. Because guns are a deterrent. While people who die from bullet wounds is not to be discounted or disregarded, many critics fail to ask: How many people use a weapon to deter a criminal, save their own lives and stop further criminal tragedy. According to Lott's analysis, guns are used as self-defense over 2 million times per year. That's TWO MILLION TIMES PER YEAR. So millions of people... more info
An Excellent Analysis of the Facts Economist Lott presents storng evidence that gun ownership stops crime. How can this possibly be, asks the left-wingers. Because guns are a deterrent. While people who die from bullet wounds is not to be discounted or disregarded, many critics fail to ask: How many people use a weapon to deter a criminal, save their own lives and stop further criminal tragedy. According to Lott's analysis, guns are used as self-defense over 2 million times per year. That's TWO MILLION TIMES PER YEAR. So millions of people... more info
The title of the book says it all. The title of the book says it all. John Lott then proceeds to prove it. Control freaks, sociopaths, leftists, mama's boys, and girly men will hate this book. So to them I say -- Don't read it since it will only make you angry and force you to look at something from an empirical perspective rather than from your usual emotional perspective. Thoughtful, intelligent bookworms will love it. This is serious stuff, not much humor here so if your looking for an easy, entertaining read -- look elsewhere. If... more info
Some answers for the critics of this book! It is rather contradictory to attack Dr. Lott who was taught at many academic institutions across the country for being biased when the negative reviewers themselves have a bias as well. That being said, it is almost intellectually dishonest to euphemistically bludgeon Dr. Lott for citing certain statistics when those statistics have yet to be disproved by the world of academia (NOTE). Some statistics are unfounded and not necessary yet some provide a certain insight into the nature of gun laws and their... more info
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