| More guns, less crime - The attacks |
Lott study supported in Criminology Journal Yes, HCI regularly uses selective data,
because they are interested, not in truth, but in
"proving" their point of view. This has been
noted in the Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology,
where Professor
Marvin Wolfgang, a
world-prominent criminologist, reviewed research
concerning the use of guns against criminal perpetrators.
Prof. Wolfgang
concluded that the research which demonstrates the value
of carrying a gun for self-protection is methodologically
sound and cannot be disputed -- in
spite of the fact that he himself does not support easy
access to handguns for ordinary citizens. |
John Lott and David Mustard shook the world of gun control when they released their study showing that more guns = less crime. This study, the largest, covering more data for a longer period of time than any other remains unrefuted. John Lott has released his data to more than 40 universities and organisations. All could with little effort repeat his results. Only three have been critical of his work. Others claimed to be critical have only quoted these three. John Lott has addressed all their concerns in his book "More guns, less crime".
Gun control has spared no effort in trying to disprove and discredit this study.
GFSA and GCA have released several briefs attacking the validity of Professor John Lott and David Mustard's report "Crime, Deterrence, and Right-to-Carry Concealed Handguns" and John Lotts book "More guns, less crime". These briefs refer to works, which attempt to discredit or disprove the survey. GCAs briefs simply repeat the propaganda of USA based gun control organisations and present known erroneous and false data.
This is a collection of comment on the attacks of the survey and pointers to the original publications.
Where the best collection of documentation can
be found
David
Friedmans comment and documentation
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